https://www.colincaprani.com/notesWorking notes on bridge loading, reliability, monitoring and software.https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-28-bayesian-off-axis-strength-model-selection/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-28-bayesian-off-axis-strength-model-selection/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTA new open-access paper in Structures uses Bayesian model selection to compare empirical off-axis strength models for anisotropic materials.https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-28-pycba-1-0/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-28-pycba-1-0/Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTPyCBA, our free and open-source continuous-beam analysis package, reaches its 1.0 milestone.https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-26-a-workshop-not-a-museum/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2026-06-26-a-workshop-not-a-museum/Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe site is rebuilt. The old posts and comments are kept in the archive; this is where the working notes will go.https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2023-05-29-yt-monash-uni-woodside-building-earthquake-/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2023-05-29-yt-monash-uni-woodside-building-earthquake-/Mon, 29 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTReal time visualization of the recorded motion of the building during the Sunbury 3.8M earthquake of 28 May 2023. Rotating camera angle. Data and codehttps://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2022-02-25-yt-on-the-role-of-ai-ml-in-engineering-rese/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2022-02-25-yt-on-the-role-of-ai-ml-in-engineering-rese/Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMTA talk given to the Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash University, 25 February 2022. Abstract: Is AI/ML just the latest fad in engineering research, ohttps://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2021-12-16-yt-ospgrillage-workshop/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2021-12-16-yt-ospgrillage-workshop/Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMTRecording of a workshop on ospgrillage held 30 Nov 2021. ospgrillage is a free and open source python package for bridge deck grillage analysis based https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2021-09-25-yt-monash-university-woodside-living-lab-re/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2021-09-25-yt-monash-university-woodside-living-lab-re/Sat, 25 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMTReal time visualization of the recorded motion of the building during the Mansfield M5.9 earthquake, 22 Sept 2021. Rotating camera angle. Data and codhttps://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2020-12-16-yt-what-is-the-value-of-shm/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2020-12-16-yt-what-is-the-value-of-shm/Wed, 16 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTA talk given to the Australian Network of Structural Health Monitoring (ANSHM) in the 11th Annual Workshop on 8 December 2020. Abstract: Structural Hehttps://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2020-12-05-yt-excel-is-evil-why-it-has-no-place-in-res/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2020-12-05-yt-excel-is-evil-why-it-has-no-place-in-res/Sat, 05 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMTRecording of talk given to the Dept. of Civil Engineering on 4 December 2020. Abstract To a person with a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. Thihttps://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2018-10-21-yt-super-load-lxra/https://www.colincaprani.com/notes/2018-10-21-yt-super-load-lxra/Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMTWhen the Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRA) needed to shift twenty 270-tonne bridge structures across Melbourne, the Victorian State Government, Vi