ASI took part in the 3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Nonlinear Design, Resilience and Rehabilitation of Structures, CoRASS2019, held in Coimbra, Portugal, from the 16th to the 18th of October, 2019. ASI’s work focuses on the application of...
This paper investigates the used of the alternate path method in studying the design of structures to resist progressive collapse using Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) and its Applied Element Method (AEM) based solver. Abstract: Although there are numerous...
This paper investigates the effect of time variant coupled uplift forces and lateral blast pressures on the vulnerability of reinforced concrete columns when subjected to internal explosions using Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS). Abstract: Detailed examination...
The 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 buildings with 7, 6, and 5 floors in the city of Niterói in Brazil....
A building is subjected to progressive collapse when a primary vertical structural element fails, resulting in the failure of adjoining structural elements, which cause further structural failure, leading eventually to partial or total collapse of the structure. The...
