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

Table 9

Central and free edge deflections for CCCF-IM plate under a central concentrated load.

FEM	RBF	Diff.%	FEM	RBF	Diff.%
4	0.281	0.282	0.204	0.114	0.114	0.369
8	0.521	0.534	2.550	0.214	0.218	1.884
12	0.717	0.739	3.062	0.297	0.304	2.334
16	0.880	0.912	3.627	0.367	0.376	2.412
20	1.020	1.064	4.251	0.429	0.446	4.048