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

<div class="floats-full-page floats-full-page-figure"><h2>Figure 12</h2><div class="floats-full-page-caption"><div>Comparison between the discontinuity path in numerical model and the crack path of experimental test in Case II of Example  2.</div></div><div class="floats-full-page-content"><table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0012a.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0012a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Mesh 1</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0012b.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0012b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>Mesh 2</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static-01.hindawi.com/articles/mpe/volume-2017/3861526/figures/3861526.fig.0012c.svgz" name="3861526.fig.0012c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Mesh 3</td></tr></table></div></div>

Figure 12 | Simplified Qualitative Discrete Numerical Model to Determine Cracking Pattern in Brittle Materials by Means of Finite Element Method

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Figure 12: Simplified Qualitative Discrete Numerical Model to Determine Cracking Pattern in Brittle Materials by Means of Finite Element Method

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