Your boundary conditions seem to be not quite correct according to the mechanical problem. Sorry, I don't have the time to go through your code today, but I got a version running, although this will take some time and might be an overkill, since it is based on the full 3D theory. I have to go home now, I will try to take a look at your code again tomorrow, if nobody else finds the error. I treated the problem as follows (length in `x` direction `L1`, in virtual `y` direction `L2` and in `z` direction `L3`) [![enter image description here][1]][1] First, let's get a reference solution of the 1D theory: (*Geometry - in m*) L1 = 2; L2 = 0.1; L3 = 0.2; Iy = L2*L3^3/12; (*Force and densities - in N*) F = 10; qA = F/(L1*L2); (*area density - for 3D FEM*) ql = qA*L2; (*line density - for 1D theory*) (*Material parameters*) Em = 2.1*10^9; (*Young's modulus*) nu = 0.3;(*Poisson's ration*) (*1D theory*) wsol1D = DSolveValue[{ Em*Iy*D[w[x], {x, 4}] == ql , (w[0]) == 0, (w[L1]) == 0 , (w''[0]) == 0, (w''[L1]) == 0 }, w, x]; My = -Em*Iy*wsol1D''[x];(*Moment*) sig = My/Iy*z;(*normal stress*) GraphicsRow[{ Plot[wsol1D[x], {x, 0, L1}, AxesLabel -> {"x", "w(x)"}] , Plot[sig /. x -> L1/2, {z, -L3/2, L3/2}, AxesLabel -> {"z", "\[Sigma](x=L1/2,z)"}] } , ImageSize -> Large ] [![enter image description here][2]][2] Now, let's get the full 3D FEM solution (takes 1.4 seconds for me) with a area force density (*FEM solution*) Needs["NDSolve`FEM`"] (******************************) (*Region definition*) reg = Cuboid[{0, -L2/2, -L3/2}, {L1, L2/2, L3/2}]; (******************************) (*Isotropic material stiffness - fourth-order tensor*) (*Identities*) I2 = IdentityMatrix@3; IdI = TensorProduct[I2, I2]; I4 = TensorTranspose[IdI, {1, 3, 2, 4}]; IS = (I4 + TensorTranspose[I4, {1, 2, 4, 3}])/2; (*Isotropic projectors*) P1 = 1/3*IdI; P2 = IS - P1; (*Isotropic stiffness*) Ciso = l1*P1 + l2*P2; l1 = 3*Km; l2 = 2*Gm; Km = 1/3*Em/(1 - 2*nu); Gm = 1/2*Em/(1 + nu); (******************************) (*Equations*) eq = Table[ Inactive[Div][ Ciso[[i, ;; , 1, ;;]].Inactive[Grad][u[x, y, z], {x, y, z}], {x, y, z}] + Inactive[Div][ Ciso[[i, ;; , 2, ;;]].Inactive[Grad][v[x, y, z], {x, y, z}], {x, y, z}] + Inactive[Div][ Ciso[[i, ;; , 3, ;;]].Inactive[Grad][w[x, y, z], {x, y, z}], {x, y, z}] , {i, 3} ]; (******************************) (*BCs*) (*Dirichlet*) bcD = { DirichletCondition[{u[x, y, z] == 0, v[x, y, z] == 0, w[x, y, z] == 0}, x == 0 && z == 0] , DirichletCondition[{v[x, y, z] == 0, w[x, y, z] == 0}, x == L1 && z == 0] }; (*Neumann*) bcN = {0, 0, NeumannValue[-qA, z == -L3/2]}; (******************************) (*Solution*) {usol, vsol, wsol} = NDSolveValue[{eq == bcN, bcD}, {u, v, w}, Element[{x, y, z}, reg], Method -> {"PDEDiscretization" -> {"FiniteElement", "MeshOptions" -> {"MaxCellMeasure" -> 0.0001, "MeshOrder" -> 2}}} ]; // AbsoluteTiming > {1.4435, Null} You can take a look at the deformed mesh if you want mesh = usol["ElementMesh"]; Show[{ mesh["Wireframe"] , ElementMeshDeformation[mesh, {usol, vsol, wsol}, "ScalingFactor" -> 10^4][ "Wireframe"[ "ElementMeshDirective" -> Directive[EdgeForm[Red], FaceForm[]]]] }, Axes -> True, AxesLabel -> {x, y, z}] [![enter image description here][3]][3] The FEM solution (FEM solution as red points) is in good accordance with the analytical 1D theory Plot[wsol1D[x], {x, 0, L1}, Epilog -> {PointSize -> Medium, Red, Point[Table[{x, wsol[x, 0, 0]}, {x, 0, L1, L1/10}]]}] [![enter image description here][4]][4] You can get the stress distribution at any point with the full 3D Hooke's law $\sigma_{ij} = C_{ijkl} u_{k,l}$ (FEM solution as red points) uv[x_, y_, z_] := {usol[x, y, z], vsol[x, y, z], wsol[x, y, z]} eps[xs_, ys_, zs_] := D[uv[x, y, z], {{x, y, z}, 1}] /. {x -> xs, y -> ys, z -> zs} (*linear map of second order tensor B over fourth-order tensor A*) lm[A_, B_] := TensorContract[TensorProduct[A, B], {{3, 5}, {4, 6}}] (*Get Cauchy stress at x==L1/2 depending on z with 3D Hooke's law*) sigloc = lm[Ciso, eps[L1/2, 0, z]][[1, 1]]; siglocdata = Table[{zi, sigloc /. z -> zi}, {zi, -L3/2, L3/2, L3/10}]; Plot[sig /. x -> L1/2, {z, -L3/2, L3/2}, AxesLabel -> {"z", "\[Sigma](x=L1/2,z)"}, Epilog -> {PointSize -> Medium, Red, Point@siglocdata}] [![enter image description here][5]][5] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/doRfJ.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/eKWuI.png [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/mxGeG.png [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/LEmvI.png [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/E9ugP.png