1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada J1K 2R1.
2. NSERC Research Chair Professor in Innovative FRP Composite Materials for Infrastructures, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, PQ, Canada J1K 2R1 (corresponding author).