Writing
3 posts on structural engineering, FEM, and app development.
structural
theory
The Stiffness Matrix from First Principles
Where does the element stiffness matrix actually come from? A full derivation from virtual work, through shape functions, to the 12×12 frame element matrix you use every day.
18 min
dev
etabs
Talking to ETABS in Natural Language: ETABSSharp + MCP
I built an MCP server on top of ETABSSharp that lets AI assistants query, modify, and run analysis on ETABS models through plain English. Here's how it works.
11 min
dev
etabs
Building ETABSSharp: A C# Wrapper for the ETABS API
The raw ETABS API is verbose and weakly typed. Here's how I designed a fluent C# wrapper that makes structural automation actually enjoyable to write.
14 min