I use smeared crack for a gravity dam analysis. i get .dat file include cracked elements and crack1x crack2x crack3x, etc.
what are PT, CRACK1X, CRACK2X,CRACK3X, etc?
how i display carck patern and cracked element from .dat file?
part of .dat file:
THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS PRINTED AT THE INTEGRATION POINTS FOR ELEMENT TYPE CPE4R AND ELEMENT SET
ASSEMBLY_DAM
ELEMENT PT FOOT- CRACK1X CRACK1Y CRACK1Z CRACK2X CRACK2Y CRACK2Z CRACK3X CRACK3Y CRACK3Z
NOTE
60 1 CK -0.6206 0.7841 0.000
79 1 CK -0.6832 0.7303 0.000
80 1 CK -0.6263 0.7796 0.000
99 1 CK -0.6898 0.7240 0.000
100 1 CK -0.6362 0.7715 0.000
119 1 CK -0.7071 0.7071 0.000
120 1 CK -0.6394 0.7689 0.000
139 1 CK 0.7139 -0.7002 0.000
140 1 CK -0.6429 0.7659 0.000
159 1 CK 0.7206 -0.6933 0.000
160 1 CK -0.6453 0.7640 0.000
179 1 CK 0.7129 -0.7013 0.000
180 1 CK -0.6395 0.7688 0.000
200 1 CK -0.6409 0.7676 0.000
220 1 CK -0.6429 0.7659 0.000
240 1 CK -0.6398 0.7685 0.000
CK: ONE OR MORE CRACKS IN CONCRETE MODEL