Every day, old structures are demolished to make room for new and improved buildings, bridges, and other structures. More often than we would like, during the course of these demolitions, things do not go as planned and loss or damage to property can occur. The...
The second INACHUS field test, held on May 31st 2017 in Lyon, France, demonstrated the project’s Wide Area Surveillance solutions and Collapse Modelling tools to an audience of more than 16 end users specialised in USAR operations and structural engineers...
This paper investigates the pounding different structural systems during earthquakes and their effects on adjacent buildings. Non-linear dynamic analysis is performed using Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) to study the behavior including base shear, bending...
tructural identification has continued to develop into a versatile tool for developing high fidelity analytical models of large civil structures that accurately reflect the measured in-service response. The...
he 2013 Explosive Demolition Award was collected by Fabio Bruno Pinto and was presented by Dan Costello. Fabio gained the Award for safely performing the risky implosion of three reinforced concrete...
he I-35 Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota catastrophically failed during the evening rush hour on August 1, 2007, collapsing to the river and riverbanks beneath. In the years prior...
Going to the US Army Corps Infrastructure Systems Conference in Atlanta, GA? Visit ASI at Booth #306 to learn how you can save time & money throughout the structural performance lifecycle with ASI’s practical solutions from design-to-demolition. Structural...
Applied Science International, LLC announced the launch of Extreme Loading for Structures Version 3.0. Extreme Loading® for Structures Software (ELS®) is based on the Applied Element Method (AEM) of analysis, the only method of analysis that automatically calculates...
On July 24, 2008 Applied Science International’s Extreme Loading® for Structures software was assigned Designation Status for Anti-Terrorism under the SAFETY Act by the Department of Homeland Security. The Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act...