xtreme Loading® for Structures Software (ELS) offers a new advanced level of nonlinear dynamic structural analysis, which allows users efficiently to study...
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Earthquake Pounding Effect on Adjacent Reinforced Concrete Buildings
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...
Performance-Based Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation of Masonry Buildings Using Applied Element Method in a Nonlinear Dynamic-Based Analytical Procedure
This paper studies the performance based vulnerability assessment of midrise masonry structures against seismic activity using Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS). Abstract: thorough four-step...
UFC Progressive Collapse Material Cost Savings
ASI recently published a new white paper that shows how using its proprietary Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) software can save designers a significant amount in the weight of the structural system. Read the performance-based design white paper, UFC Progressive...
ASI Launches Extreme Loading® for Structures – Version 3.0
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...
ASI Obtains Safety Act Designation for Anti-Terrorism
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...