1. Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore 575025, India.
2. Research Scholar, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
3. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh 517506, India (corresponding author).
4. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Mangalore 575025, India.