1. Graduate Program in Civil Engineering; Federal University of Ouro Preto; Campus Universitário, Morro do Cruzeiro Ouro Preto Minas Gerais Brazil
2. Department of Applied and Computational Mechanics; Federal University of Juiz de Fora; Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, Campus Universitário Juiz de Fora Minas Gerais Brazil
3. Civil Engineering Department, COPPE; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Campus Universário, Ilha do Fundão Rio de Janeiro Brazil
4. Technical Centre for Bridge Engineering; CEREMA/DTITM; 110 rue de Paris 77171 Sourdun France