RBF-Based Meshless Method for Large Deflection of Elastic Thin Rectangular Plates with Boundary Conditions Involving Free Edges

Table 3

Central and free edge deflections for CCCF plate subjected to a uniform load .

FEM	RBF	Diff.%	FEM	RBF	Diff.%
5	0.103	0.102	1.266	0.161	0.159	1.469
10	0.207	0.204	1.225	0.323	0.318	1.508
15	0.310	0.306	1.201	0.485	0.477	1.549
20	0.412	0.407	1.204	0.647	0.637	1.584
25	0.514	0.508	1.234	0.810	0.797	1.606
30	0.616	0.608	1.292	0.973	0.958	1.610
35	0.717	0.707	1.372	1.137	1.119	1.590
40	0.817	0.805	1.471	1.302	1.282	1.543