1. Formerly Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE.
2. Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE (corresponding author). ORCID: .
3. Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, P.O. Box 26666, Sharjah, UAE.
4. Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil Engineering, United Arab Emirates Univ., P.O. Box 15551, Al-Ain, UAE. ORCID: .