1. Associate Professor & Regents’ Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of New Mexico, MSC 01 1070, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 (corresponding author).
2. Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, United Arab Emirates Univ., P.O. Box 17555, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. E-mail: amr.eldieb@uaeu.ac.ae
3. Associate Professor, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt.
4. Graduate Student, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt.