2. Benchmark solution

It’s a code-code comparison. The reference used is the code FEAP version 7.4 from Professor R. L. Taylor, from the University of California, Berkeley. The results were obtained with the same geometric and material parameters, as well as the same time discretization.

2.1. Bibliographical references

1. TAYLOR R.L. — FEAP: A Finite Element Analysis Program Release 7.4. User, Theory, Programmer & Example Manuals - University of California at Berkeley, USA, December 2000.