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The development of the stiffness matrix for general anisotropic materials is presented and it is shown how the singular element can be incorporated into a conventional displacement based finite element program. The anisotropic singular element (ASE) developed is implemented to analyze cracked anisotropic materials subjected to inplane loading. A 2-D, displacement based linite element code is used and center cracked on- and off-axis coupons under tensile loading are analyzed using the element developed. A general, interactive menu driven program is developed to track crack growth in composite materials. PHIGS (Programmers Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System) is used as the application program interface to integrate the finite element program with interactive graphics. Simulation studies are performed for center cracked on- and off-axis Iaminae using the normal stress ratio theory as the crack propagation criterion. 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