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

Table 6

The tip displacements of the curved beam (Figure 9).

	Curved edges		Straight edges
	1 × 2	−0.0211	−0.0211	−0.0223	−0.0222
1 × 4	−0.0217	−0.0216	−0.0218	−0.0217
1 × 6	−0.0217	−0.0216	−0.0217	−0.0216
1 × 8	−0.0217	−0.0216	−0.0217	−0.0216
1 × 10	−0.0217	−0.0217	−0.0217	−0.0217
Analytical solution	−0.0218