1. Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Engineering Research in Pipelines, Univ. of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4.
2. Associate Professor of Structural Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for Engineering Research in Pipelines, Univ. of Windsor, 401 Sunset Ave., Windsor, ON, Canada N9B 3P4 (corresponding author).