A Corotational Formulation Based on Hamilton’s Principle for Geometrically Nonlinear Thin and Thick Planar Beams and Frames

Table 6

Comparison of the present results for pinned-fixed square diamond frame loaded in tension, h = 2.8284 m.

	U / L			W / L
	Euler Bernoulli	Timoshenko	ANSYS	Euler Bernoulli	Timoshenko	ANSYS
1	0.1375	0.1402	0.1398	0.1156	0.1174	0.1169
2	0.2280	0.2319	0.2302	0.1715	0.1739	0.1729
3	0.2893	0.2940	0.2910	0.2032	0.2058	0.2051
4	0.3331	0.3383	0.3381	0.2239	0.2266	0.2264
5	0.3661	0.3716	0.3715	0.2388	0.2417	0.2418
6	0.3917	0.3976	0.3974	0.2503	0.2534	0.2535
7	0.4123	0.4185	0.4184	0.2598	0.2630	0.2632
8	0.4292	0.4357	0.4355	0.2680	0.2712	0.2714
9	0.4434	0.4501	0.4499	0.2752	0.2785	0.2787
10	0.4555	0.4625	0.4624	0.2817	0.2851	0.2853