These are reference values when using a BoxMesh (when students don't have internet access), see demo beam.py. Reference value 2015-08-06 (FEniCS 1.5+) Average z-displacement: -0.6052757910100011 (standard formulation) Reference value 2015-08-06 (FEniCS 1.3) Average z-displacement: -0.6052757910100011 (standard formulation)