1. Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A9; Geotechnical Engineer, EIT, Cornerstone Geo-Structural Engineering Ltd., Unit 1-B, 30508 Great Northern Ave., Abbotsford, BC, Canada V2T 6H4; Geotechnical EIT, SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd., 200-708 11 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0E4, Canada (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Professor, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A9. ORCID: .
3. Professor, Dept. of Geotechnical Engineering, Zhejiang Univ. of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310014, China.
4. Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Changsha Univ. of Science and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China.
5. Professor, Chair, College of Engineering, Univ. of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508. ORCID: .
6. Professor, Priority Research Centre for Geotechnical Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2238, Australia.