Simplified Qualitative Discrete Numerical Model to Determine Cracking Pattern in Brittle Materials by Means of Finite Element Method

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0011a.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0011a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>10th step</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0011b.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0011b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>30th step</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0011c.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0011c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Final step</td></tr></table>

<div>Evolution of the discontinuity path in the numerical simulation of the finest mesh in Case I of Example  2.</div>

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Figure 11: Simplified Qualitative Discrete Numerical Model to Determine Cracking Pattern in Brittle Materials by Means of Finite Element Method 