Table 1 Comparison of the theoretical solution of Norman Jones34 with LCP solution for the case of lumped-mass elements.

From: Flexure and shear response of an impulsively loaded rigid-plastic beam by enhanced linear complementarity approach

Error in displacement (%)

End time of phase 1 \(\overline{t} = M_{p} t_{1} /IL\)

Error in phase 1 end time (%)

0.0164

0.083283

0.060

0.019

0.083269

0.077

0.025

0.083247

0.103

0.037

0.083210

0.148

0.056

0.083145

0.226

0.098

0.083008

0.390

0.207

0.082645

0.827

0.695

0.081018

2.778

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