1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Geotechnical and Hydraulics, Univ. of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers 16000, Algeria.
2. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, ON, Canada K7K7B4 (corresponding author).
3. Professor, Dept. of Geotechnical and Hydraulic, Univ. of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene, Algiers 16000, Algeria. ORCID: .