1. Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7; On Leave, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt. ORCID: .
2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L7 (corresponding author). ORCID: .