Four-Node Generalized Conforming Membrane Elements with Drilling DOFs Using Quadrilateral Area Coordinate Methods

Table 8

Results of the tip deflection of a cantilever beam with distorted parameter .

	0	0.5	1	2	3	4	4.9
Q4	28.0	21.0	14.1	9.7	8.3	7.2	6.2
Q8	100	100	99.3	89.3	59.7	31.6	19.0
QM6	100	80.9	62.7	54.4	53.6	51.2	46.8
P-S	100	81.0	62.9	55.0	54.7	53.1	49.8
GQ12	100	97.9	86.3	48.7	24.9	13.3	8.0
GQ12M	100	98.7	93.9	74.1	51.0	33.4	23.3
QAC4θ	100	99.9	98.9	99.8	102.0	102.2	100.3
QAC4θM	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Exact	100