Table 6: 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 annealed copper beam.

F[N] δv1 [m] δv2 [m] v1v2)/ δv1 [%]
0 0 0 0%
9.42112 0.03042169 0.03034284 0.26%
12.98611 0.05978204 0.05964428 0.23%
15.66785 0.08726431 0.08708136 0.21%
17.90013 0.11239629 0.11219180 0.18%
24.67363 0.18931875 0.18915380 0.09%
29.76893 0.23841809 0.23830280 0.05%
34.01026 0.27147425 0.27143964 0.01%
37.71197 0.29519108 0.29522420 -0.01%
41.03365 0.31309028 0.31316168 -0.02%
44.06934 0.32710396 0.32722312 -0.04%
46.87991 0.33845689 0.33859216 -0.04%
49.50743 0.34783638 0.34799524 -0.05%
51.98238 0.35573994 0.35593020 -0.05%