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Extreme Loading for Structures
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<p>Extreme Loading for Structures (ELS) is commercial structural-analysis software based on the <a href="/facts/Applied_element_method/oMzn4oRs">applied element method</a> (AEM) for the automatic tracking and propagation of cracks, separation of elements, element collision, and collapse of structures under extreme loads. AEM combines features of <a href="/facts/Finite_element_method/eUcfP1vn">Finite element method</a> and <a href="/facts/Discrete_element_method/NYe767oa">Discrete element method</a> simulation with its own solver capabilities for the generation of PC-based structural analysis. </p>