Research Article

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

Table 9

The vertical displacements at point of Cook’s skew beam problem with heterogeneous materials (Figures 12 and 13).

Heterogeneous modelMeshNumber of elements/nodesHSF-AP-19βCPS8 [47]CPS8R [47]

The first case (a)Mesh 19/4818.7076
Mesh 215/6418.611518.5847
Mesh 350/17718.689018.7002
Mesh 477/26418.695718.7000
Mesh 5112/38318.722718.7200
Mesh 6424/136518.740818.7422

The second case (b)Mesh 127/12819.4072
Mesh 2112/38219.374119.3846
Mesh 3245/80219.399219.4037
Mesh 4424/136519.406219.4080
Mesh 5764/241319.410319.4114