1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Balamand, PO Box 100, Balamand, Al Kourah, Lebanon
2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Balamand, PO Box 100, Balamand, Al Kourah, Lebanon (Corresponding author), e-mail: joseph.assaad@balamand.edu.lb, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2423-451X