1. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
3. Professor and head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, American Univ. of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
4. Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (corresponding author). E-mail: