1. Research Associate, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hung Hom, Hong Kong, Kowloon, China.
2. Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics, PolyU Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China; Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ., Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China (corresponding author).
3. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
4. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Edith Cowan Univ., Joondalup, Perth, WA 6027, Australia.
5. Professor, Dept. of Geotechnical Engineering, Dalian Univ. of Technology, State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian 116024, People’s Republic of China.