1. Distinguished Professor and Research Director, Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia (corresponding author).
2. Ph.D. Candidate, Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.
3. Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Queen’s Univ., Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6.
4. Professor, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Univ. of Newcastle, University Dr., Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. ORCID: .
5. Senior Lecturer, Centre for Geomechanics and Railway Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia.