Table 4: Computed values for δv in large deflection, where δv1 is computed with the proposed algorithm and δv2 is computed by Lewis and Monasa on an aluminium alloy NP8 beam.

F[N] δv1 [m] δv2 [m] (δv1-δv2)/ δv1 [%]
0 0 0 0%
53.89154 0.01877767 0.01863852 0.74%
62.29251 0.03709668 0.03683508 0.71%
67.80144 0.05461301 0.05421376 0.73%
72.00309 0.07102186 0.07053072 0.69%
83.22741 0.12463451 0.12398756 0.52%
90.58775 0.16229257 0.16165576 0.39%
96.20146 0.18961889 0.18903188 0.31%
100.79427 0.21037910 0.20984464 0.25%
104.70917 0.22677872 0.22630384 0.21%
108.13757 0.24015361 0.23972520 0.18%
111.19799 0.25132652 0.25094184 0.15%
113.96928 0.26086103 0.26051256 0.13%
116.50676 0.26911651 0.26879804 0.12%