A Novel Shape-Free Plane Quadratic Polygonal Hybrid Stress-Function Element

Table 3

Results obtained by the element HSF-AP-19β at selected locations for the linear bending problem (Figure 6).

Numerical results	Normalized results	Numerical results	Normalized results	Numerical results	Normalized results
Mesh 1	6.340	0.788	67.57	0.563	−67.34	0.561
Mesh 2	7.834	0.974	102.16	0.851	−101.94	0.850
Mesh 3	7.915	0.984	112.57	0.938	−113.12	0.943
Mesh 4	7.911	0.983	112.88	0.941	−112.56	0.938
Mesh 5	8.026	0.998	114.18	0.952	−113.66	0.947
Mesh 6	8.035	0.999	115.74	0.965	−116.11	0.968
Mesh 7	8.033	0.998	113.44	0.945	−113.10	0.943
Mesh 8	8.062	1.002	117.59	0.980	−117.53	0.979
Mesh 9	8.055	1.001	115.67	0.964	−118.93	0.991
Mesh 10	8.066	1.002	117.82	0.982	−117.84	0.982
Exact	8.046		120.00		−120.00