Dear Usman,

First you try to put damage criteria. In abaqus the simplest way is use Johnson cook damage criteria, use displacement value for element deletion. Start from minimum value. You will see crack propagation through the element deletion. Please contact if you need any other help.

Thanks

Vivek

Dear Vivek,

Thankyou for your reply,..I just checked the Abaqus manual. Isn't the Johnson Cook Damage criteria only for metals? or can it be applied to the concrete as well?

Thanks!

What type of analysis are you using?

Sorry for the delayed answer,

I am employing a non-linear analysis using a smeared cracking model in Abaqus Standard