1. Formerly, Graduate Student, Dept. of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1T7.
2. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1T7 (corresponding author).
3. Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics Dept., California State Univ., Northridge, CA 91330-8347.