1. Martini, Mascarin, and George Chair in Masonry Design, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7.
2. Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7 (corresponding author).
3. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4L7.