FaDeS – Façade Debris Simulator: rigid-block simulation of the overturning of masonry façades and of their debris
Year: 2026
Type: software
Abstract: FaDeS (Façade Debris Simulator) simulates the out-of-plane overturning of a masonry façade and the debris it leaves on the street. A two-dimensional section of the façade overturns about its outer toe, breaks into its blocks at the first impact, and the blocks settle on the street in the planck.js engine; the extent of the debris is measured as P95 by mass and Lmax, and, for a given street width, as the width left free. Any wall can be simulated, in total or partial collapse, with its own height, thickness, block size, diatone courses and materials, one at a time with its animation or many at a time from a grid or a CSV file. It is the simulator of the paper "Simulating the debris of overturning masonry façades with rigid blocks: from the falling panel to the documented collapses" and reproduces its analyses, comparing every run of the paper's campaigns with the paper's stored runs. Desktop application for Windows and macOS, and command line.
Institutions: Pegaso University, Princeton University, University of Perugia
Language: English
Subfield: Civil and Structural Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7225600417