The proposed study focuses in delivering substantiated numerical simulations of a multi-scale nature and uses them to facilitate the analysis (and design) processes of large structures. Succinctly, this could be accomplished by means of super-element and sub-structuring techniques along with the appropriate analytical restraint equations simulating complex boundary conditions, hence eliminating the need to model the entire structure.
It is expected that an approach as such, will contribute to accuracy, reliability, and integrity while saving design time, as well as bridge the gap between multifaceted numerical modelling and real behaviour in structural engineering. The relevant methodologies are outlined elsewhere.