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01/05/2026

🔥 Discover ELS 11–5k and Get It FREE Until July 15, 2026! 🔥

We’re excited to introduce ELS 11–5k, the new, highly accessible edition of Extreme Loading® for Structures, designed for engineers, researchers, and students who want to experience the power of AEM-based nonlinear analysis with smaller, focused models.

🌟 Why ELS 11–5k?
✓ Supports up to 5,000 elements
✓Built on the same advanced core technology as the full ELS
✓Perfect for learning, evaluation, and practical engineering studies
✓A simple way to start exploring progressive collapse, seismic performance, blast, and more.

🎁 FREE Access Until July 15, 2026 🎁
Yes, it is COMPLETELY FREE to use.
NO COST.
NO COMMITMENT.
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ELS 11–5k will be released in the coming weeks.

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11/25/2025

✅ ELS Version 11: Enhanced Tools for Link Member Modeling
🎥 Watch the video for a full demonstration!

🔍 ELS offers the user various tools to facilitate the process of modeling link members. Past versions of ELS allowed for two methods of creating links.
1️⃣The user can use the draw link member command from the draw tab to draw a link member between two selected points.
2️⃣The user can also convert a draft into a link member or a link structure from the additional tasks menu.
3️⃣ELS Version 11 adds a third method to the user’s toolset for added precision and efficiency in creating link members.
The user can now select two elements first, then go into the additional tasks menu > components > and choose create link member for an automatically created link joining the two elements’ centers of gravity.

🔧ELS Version 11 also introduces a new feature to allow for accounting for the sag effect in linear tension only material cables.
This new correction, activated from the properties browser, allows for reducing the link’s stiffness coefficient by a factor that approaches zero at the start of loading, then increases to approach 1 as the link member’s deformation due to sagging decreases under the tensile force.

The correction allows for some additional initial strain before the full axial stress is applied.

To demonstrate the sag effect, we’ve created these two shear walls and subjected them to identical cyclical dynamic lateral loads.
We’ve enabled the sag effect for the links of the left hand side structure, and disabled it for the right hand side structure.
The structure with the enabled sag effect exhibits extra deformation as a result
of the reduced overall stiffness.

💡The new options allow the user added control in modeling link members, and further increase ELS’s capabilities to accurately predict the behavior of structures under complex, real-world loading conditions.

Please stay tuned for more videos showcasing the new features in ELS version 11.

11/24/2025

💥Unlock Advanced Reinforcement Modeling with Dowel Action in ELS V11💥
How do you account for dowel action in your structural models?
Share your thoughts and experiences below! 👇

Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) Version 11 introduces a powerful enhancement for structural analysis: the ability to enable Dowel Action for reinforcement bars and stirrups in any structural element.

Enabling the Dowel action option in an object’s properties replaces the single spring that usually represents a rebar with 4 springs, where the distance between each from the axes of the reinforcement bar’s section is half of its radius.

✅ This correction allows for improved accounting for a reinforcement bar’s moment of inertia, especially in larger diameter bars, such as 1 inch bars. In other words, the new option allows the reinforcement bar to resist some bending moment in addition to the axial stress that the bar undergoes.

✅In this example column, we’ve enabled the dowel action option for both reinforcement bars and stirrups, and therefore, all its reinforcement components have been represented with 4 springs, instead of a single spring.

📽️See the comparison in the video: Dowel Action Enabled vs Disabled: ⬇️

📌Please stay tuned for more videos showcasing the new features in ELS version 11.

11/17/2025

ELS enables simulation of the dynamic response of entire building aggregates under seismic loading.

Key capabilities include:

- Inter-building Interaction: Models redistribution of seismic forces across adjacent units, accounting for shared walls, floor misalignments, and discontinuities.

- Out-of-Plane Collapse: Simulates progressive failure cascades when one façade collapses, identifying vulnerable zones before seismic events.

- Sequential Damage Propagation: Reveals how damage in one unit compromises neighboring structures—vital for urban risk mitigation.

- Irregular Geometry & Construction: Represents historic aggregates built across eras with varied materials and methods.

- Detailed Masonry Modeling: Captures nonlinear cracking and failure in walls, arches, and vaults.

- Digital Twin Integration: Uses laser scans and material data for accurate simulations.

- Retrofitting Evaluation: Tests interventions like FRP, anchors, or base isolation virtually before application.

By integrating urban-scale modeling with material-level precision, ELS helps engineers and conservation experts safeguard both life and heritage.

🔗 More info: https://zurl.co/k27wZ

11/10/2025

🔍 Precision Meets Efficiency: Introducing Multi-Plane Division in ELS V11

With the release of Extreme Loading® for Structures V11, we are proud to unveil a powerful enhancement to the Divide command that allows the user to divide an object with multiple planes that are parallel to the three global planes.

💡In this example, we want to divide the three bays of this cylindrical shell into separate objects.
1️⃣ We’ll select the shell, navigate to the Modify tab, and choose the divide option.
2️⃣ We’ll specify the dividing planes to be parallel to the YZ plane, and pick the shift of each dividing plane from the global YZ plane.
➡️ As we can see, the structure has been successfully divided into three objects as intended.

The new divide feature aims to save the user precious time by dividing objects in one go, rather than having to perform multiple Divide operations.

👇 Watch the video to see this feature in action!

🔧 Whether you're working on high-fidelity simulations for demolition, seismic vulnerability, or infrastructure resilience, ELS V11 continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in structural analysis.

11/07/2025

🎉 20 Years Strong! 🎉
From controlled demolitions to structural resilience, ASI has engineered simulations for over 100 demolition projects around the world — helping transform how engineers understand and predict real-world structural behavior.

For two decades, we’ve been dedicated to changing the known built world through innovation, research, and advanced simulation technology.
Here’s to the next 20 years of pushing boundaries and building smarter, safer structures. 💪🏗️

11/06/2025

🏆 World Demolition Awards 2025: Wyndford Towers Implosion . A Triumph of Collaboration and Precision

We are proud to congratulate Safedem Ltd., DESPE S.p.A and Wheatley Group for winning the Collaboration Award at the World Demolition Awards 2025 for the remarkable Wyndford Towers Implosion project.

Applied Science International, LLC - ASI was honored to contribute to this award-winning initiative, providing advanced structural analysis and simulation tools that supported:
🔹 Debris dispersion modeling
🔹 Collapse mechanism prediction
🔹 Ground vibration analysis

This year’s feels especially meaningful as it coincides with a major milestone for Applied Science International, LLC - ASI: 20 years of delivering successful engineering simulations to the demolition industry. Two decades of innovation, precision, and partnership.

The Wyndford Towers Implosion stands as a benchmark in controlled demolition, showcasing what’s possible when engineering innovation, strategic planning, and international collaboration come together.

It has been a privilege for us to support this exceptional team and project, which now holds a well-deserved place among the most celebrated achievements in the demolition industry.

11/03/2025

🚀 Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) Version 11 is here!

This latest release brings a suite of enhancements designed to streamline engineering workflows, improve model customization, and elevate the clarity and quality of analysis outputs.

🔧 Key Technical Updates:
🔹 Enhanced Draft Object Control: Users can now adjust line width and stipple styles directly from the properties browser, allowing for more precise and readable model representations.
🔹 Customizable Loading Stage Names: A new option in the loading scenario dialog enables better organization and clarity in complex simulations.
🔹 Improved Results Viewer: Font size and chart/contour properties are now configurable, making visual exports more effective for technical reporting and presentations.
🔹 Velocity Scale Factor Adjustment: Displaced element behavior can be visualized more clearly, aiding in dynamic response interpretation.
🔹 Local Axes Visualization & Configuration: Users can now view and modify the local axes of any component, including wall objects—critical for analyzing anisotropic material behavior and directional forces.

📽️ Watch the video to see these features in action and discover how ELS 11 supports advanced progressive collapse analysis and resilient structural design.

💡 Whether you're modeling bridges, historical buildings, or prefabricated systems, ELS continues to be a trusted tool for nonlinear structural simulation and performance-based engineering.

💻 Want to experience it firsthand?
We offer a 30-day trial license so you can explore the full capabilities of ELS V11 today.
👉 Request your trial now via our portal: https://zurl.co/sj9hI

11/02/2025

🚀Precision Redefined: Introducing Replace Interface ID in ELS Version 11

We are proud to unveil one of the most versatile preprocessing enhancements in Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS): the Replace Interface ID feature.

This enhancement allows users to reassign interface IDs at the element level, offering unprecedented control over how materials interact within your structural model, independent of parent objects like columns, slabs, or girders.

📐 In our featured example, we would like to introduce a weakening effect around a group [group highlighted] of elements by changing the binding material between them and the surrounding elements.
We’ll assign the 12 elements to a new group, and give them a new ID of 3 instead of the original ID of 1. Now, we can go into the Interface Material dialog box and create a new rule for the assigned material between the original interface ID 1 and the new Interface ID 3. We’ll switch the material to Mortar and switch over to the results Viewer to see the resulting effect.

🧠As we can see, the springs between the targeted elements and the surrounding ones have been changed to the new material, while all other springs are unaffected by the change.

The new feature gives the user complete flexibility in assigning interfaces to groups of elements, which is one of several methods to replace the material of a specific group of springs, depending on the user’s needs.

💡Whether you're working on progressive collapse, seismic vulnerability, or multi-hazard resilience, this feature is a game-changer for advanced structural simulation.

📽️ Watch the video to see it in action and stay tuned for more innovations in ELS Version 11.

💻 Want to experience it firsthand?
We offer a 30-day trial license so you can explore the full capabilities of ELS V11 today.
👉 Request your trial now via our portal: https://zurl.co/mOz7Z

11/01/2025

🎉A New Video For ELS V.11
🔧 Replace Spring Material (Targeted Springs)

The Replace Spring Material feature has been improved to include an option to choose the targeted springs for the material change action.

🧠 Along with the existing option to choose the type of spring being changed, matrix, RFT, or implicit, the user now also has an option to choose the particular location at which the springs will be changed (dropdown shown on screen).

📐 To illustrate the difference between the three options on this example model, we’ll select a group of elements that includes elements from a column, girder, and slab, and keep that selection consistent as we switch between the available options:
1️⃣ Change springs across objects:
Apply the action on the external springs that join elements of different objects, like the ones between the girder and the column, and the ones between the girder and the slab.
2️⃣ Change springs in the same object
Applies the action to internal springs joining the elements of the same object, namely the column’s internal springs, the girder’s internal springs, and the slab’s internal springs.
3️⃣ Change all springs across objects will apply the action on the external springs that join elements of different objects, like the ones between the girder and the column, and the ones between the girder and the slab. Change springs in the same object will apply the action to internal springs joining the elements of the same object, namely the column’s internal springs, the girder’s internal springs, and the slab’s internal springs.
4️⃣Finally, the user can also designate all springs for the material change action, which applies it to the combination of springs from the other two options.

🎯The new springs location option serves to more effectively target springs intended for material change, instead of having to create groups for each location and manually selecting the exact elements whose springs will be changed. Please stay tuned for more videos showcasing the new features in ELS version.

📽️ Please stay tuned for more videos showcasing the new features in ELS Version 11.

Do you want to learn more about the new version of Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS)?
📥Contact us today!