1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, 2500 Université Blvd., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1.
2. NSERC and Canada Research Chair Professor, Innovative Structural FRP Composite Materials for Civil Infrastructure, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, 2500 Université Blvd., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1 (corresponding author).