Hello everybody, I am working on the concrete crack width (longintudinal) under both corrosion and applied loads using fracture mechanics. In my analytical model I used smeared crack model which as known is simulated by reducting the stiffness and strength, not like discrete crack model assuming displacement discontinuity. When I was approaching to the numerical verification, howver, I found that it was difficult to model the crack propagation as well as getting the crack width. I have tried ABAQUS and ANSYS. My question would be, therefore, can concrete crack width (and propagation) be numerically modelled using smeared crack. If applicable, what software could be used? Many thanks!