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

Figure 4

Out-scale sketch of the exploded mesh around node 6 of the conventional mesh: (a) exploded mesh in node 6 of the conventional mesh, (b) directional vector of the link elements near node 6 and comparative direction, and (c) angle between the comparative direction and the directional vector of a link element.

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