Table 5: Computed values for δh in large deflection, where δh1 is computed with the proposed algorithm and δh2 is computed by Lewis and Monasa on an annealed copper beam.

F[N] δh1 [m] δh2 [m] (δh1-δh2)/ δh1 [%]
0 0 0 0%
9.42112 0.00103508 0.00103124 0.37%
12.98611 0.00402208 0.00389128 3.25%
15.66785 0.00861096 0.00855980 0.59%
17.90013 0.01437780 0.01429512 0.58%
24.67363 0.04202860 0.04186428 0.39%
29.76893 0.06858420 0.06841744 0.24%
34.01026 0.09121844 0.09105900 0.17%
37.71197 0.11021844 0.11007344 0.13%
41.03365 0.12630988 0.12618212 0.10%
44.06934 0.140700 0.14001496 0.08%
46.87991 0.15214224 0.15204948 0.06%
49.50743 0.16272136 0.16264636 0.05%
51.98238 0.17213208 0.17206468 0.04%