Crack modeling

Dear all.

this is vinaya from Indian institute of technology-Bombay, and i am
working of interaction effect of cracked openings and i got the
analytical results,

now, i am going to work in FEM software to validate my analytical results.

my problem is, i am having two cracks, that is , four crack tips..
i want to model four crack-tips. but i think it is not possible in
ansys.

if u know how to model in ansys or in ABAQUS, please help me..

thanking you

vinaya

Senior Research Associate.
IIT-Bombay