Extreme Loading for Structures
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Extreme Loading for Structures, also known as ELS is an advanced structural analysis software program by Applied Science International, LLC. It is currently in its 3rd edition. ELS is based on the Applied Element Method (AEM) and is used by structural engineers in the analysis of structures such as buildings, bridges, parking garages, and cranes.
Applications
- Structural Vulnerability Assessment
- Progressive collapse
- Blast Analysis
- Impact Analysis
- Seismic analysis
- Forensic engineering
- Performance Based Design
- Building implosion
- Glass Performance Analysis
- Visual Effects