A client might ask, “What will happen to my structure in the event of a blast?” Because previous methods of analysis could not produce an accurate representation of how the structural elements would behave, modeling the structure was a time-consuming, complicated process. Some methods required the user to know exactly how a blast occurred before running the analysis, while other methods proclaimed to know how a structure's elements could separate (resulting in progressive collapse) even though the analysis method on which they were based did not allow for the separation of elements. Through the breakthrough Applied Element Method, a tool is finally available which can predict how elements will separate and react with each other under extreme blast loading.
Extreme Loading identifies a structure's vulnerabilities by visually simulating and analyzing the effects to, and responses of, a structure suffering explosions of varying strengths. ELS–BLAST enables the simulation of a wide variety of scenarios to deliver real-time results. Assessing a structure's weaknesses can be done via scientific analysis allowing for the maximum protection of the structure and a minimization of the potential for casualties.
