. type private industry computer software founded raleigh north carolina 2003 headquarters raleigh north carolina usa key people edward di girolamo president & ceo hatem tagel din chief scientist products extreme loading for structures slam fx steel smart system steel smart deck number of employees 100 2009 1 website http www.appliedscienceint.com applied science international llc aka asi is a united states based company headquartered in raleigh north carolina that provides advanced engineering design and analysis software and services to the dhs united states department of defense engineering firms demolition contractors and universities . contents 1 history 2 software and services 2.1 services 2.2 extreme loading technology 2.3 steel smart technology 3 notable projects 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit asi was founded in 2003 to create structural analysis software tools utilizing a new method for the analysis of structures called the applied element method aem . 2 asi s first release of extreme loading for structures els was a 2d engineering analysis program allowing structural engineers to perform computer simulations for structural analysis purposes . since then asi has released v2 .0 and v3 .0 which allows users 3d modeling and simulating of the behavior of structures through all three stages of loading small displacement large displacement and collision collapse . software and services edit services edit asi provides services in several different areas including structural vulnerability assessment forensic engineering analysis progressive collapse analysis blast analysis demolition analysis seismic analysis impact analysis glass performance analysis performance based design and product development . extreme loading technology edit extreme loading for structures els is a software program that utilizes the applied element method aem a non linear based solver that assists structural engineers in the study of the behavior of structures in 3d throughout all stages of loading including static loads and dynamic loads such as those generated by blasts seismic events impacts and wind loads . slam fx slam fx is a software tool that assists visual effects professionals in the creation of destruction effects which can then be imported into animation software such as autodesk maya and 3d max for film and television . steel smart technology edit steel smart system sss sss is a software tool that aids architects engineers and contractors in the design and optimization of structures built from light gauge steel . 3 steel smart decks ssd ssd is a software tool developed to automate the process of deck system design using cold formed steel . 4 notable projects edit alfred p. murrah federal building asi executed a study of the alfred p. murrah federal building utilizing the applied element method and showing real time analysis of the building performance as the blast occurred . 5 i 35 bridge collapse asi provided forensic engineering analysis to identify the cause of the collapse of the i 35w mississippi river bridge . it was determined that weakened gusset plates were the cause of the collapse . 6 charlotte coliseum asi provided the demolition contractor dykon blasting corp a predictive simulation of the building implosion of the charlotte coliseum prior to the actual demolition . 7 see also edit structural failure consultant software development american society of civil engineers references edit company profile . linkedin . retrieved 2009 08 10 . hatem tagel din ; kimuro meguro 2000 applied element method for structural analysis theory and application for linear materials structural eng . earthquake eng . japan international journal of the japan society of civil engineers jsce 17 1 21 35 issn 0289 7806 f0028a retrieved 2009 08 10 . applied science international 2007 steel smart system version 5.0 technical reference usa applied science international llc pp. 21 35 archived from the original on 3 december 2013 retrieved 2009 08 10 the steel network inc. february 2009 steelsmart deck software the evolution of deck design pdf usa applied science international llc pp. 21 35 retrieved 2009 08 10 hatem tagel din ; nabil rahman p.e. 2006 . simulation of the alfred p. murrah federal building collapse due to blast loads . proceedings of the 2006 architectural engineering national conference building integration solutions structural design of buildings for serviceability . japan american society for civil engineers asce aei . pp. 1 15 . doi 10.1061 40798 190 32 . isbn 0 7844 0798 3 . retrieved 2009 08 10 . asi 2008 forensic analysis of i 35 bridge failure pdf dead link asi june 2007 charlotte coliseum demolition analysis pdf external links edit applied element method applied science international llc extreme loading for structures software retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title applied science international & oldid 739060652 categories software companies based in north carolinascientific simulation softwarehidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2010use dmy dates from february 2013pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 15 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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