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El

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(m)

C3D8-M 1-W

C3D8-M 2-W

C3D8-M 3-W

C 3D 20R-M 3-W

− 150 − 100 − 50

Bending moment (kN m )

− 100

− 80

− 60

− 40

− 20

(a) With mesh M1, M2, and M3

C3D8-M 4-W

C3D8-M 5-W

C 3D 20R-M 3-W

− 150 − 100 − 50 0 50 100 150

Bending moment (kN m )

0

El

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(m)

− 100

− 80

− 60

− 40

− 20

(b) WithmeshM4andM5

Figure 22: Bending moments calculated with displacement.

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00.02 0. 04 0. 06

Displacem ent (m)

C P E 4-8-60-D

C 3D 8-8-60

y(

m)

−0. 02

(a) Horizontal displacement

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0 2000 4000 6000 8000

C3D8-W

C P E 4-D -Y

C3D8-Y

Bending moment (kN m )

− 2000

y(

m)

C P E 4-D -W -EpIp C P E 4-D -Y -Ep/E

(b) Bending moment

Figure 23: Comparison of computational results with 2-D and 3-D analyses.