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

Table 3

Results of the sensibility analysis of the discontinuity path to the initial stiffness of link elements.

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	Example , Case I	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	0		N	Figure 7(c)
Example , Case II	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	0	N	Figure 8(a)
Example , Case I	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	0	N	Figure 10(c)
Example , Case II	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	0	N	Figure 12(c)
Example	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	2	Y	Figure 14(a)