1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1.
2. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1; Assistant Professor, Helwan Univ., Egypt.
3. Professor of Civil Engineering and Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Advanced Composite Materials for Civil Structures and NSERC Chair in FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1K 2R1 (corresponding author).