A Gradient Stable Node-Based Smoothed Discrete Shear Gap Method for Analysis of Reissner–Mindlin Plates

Table 1

Numerical results of normalized central deflection for the simply supported square plate subjected to uniform load.

Mesh	FEM-DSG	NS-FEM	NS-DSG	GS-DSG
8 × 8	0.005442	0.005678	0.005567	0.005519
16 × 16	0.005516	0.005585	0.005554	0.005540
24 × 24	0.005532	0.005563	0.005550	0.005544
32 × 32	0.005538	0.005555	0.005549	0.005545
Reference	0.005545