ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING COMPARATIVE STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW ON FINITE ELEMENT METHOD AND APPLIED ELEMENT METHOD A Thesis in Structural Engineering By: Sirak Dejene July, 2021 Addis Ababa A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science