1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sherbrooke Univ., Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada.
2. Researcher, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sherbrooke Univ., Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada; Associate professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Assiut Univ., Assiut, Egypt.
3. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Sherbrooke Univ., Sherbrooke, QC J1K 2R1, Canada (corresponding author).
4. Researcher, Institut de Recherche d’Hydro-Québec, Varennes, QC J3X 1S1, Canada.