1. Associate Professor, College of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong Univ., Chongqing 400074, China; formerly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (corresponding author).
2. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of British Columbia, 6250 Applied Science Lane, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4.
3. Professor, College of River and Ocean Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong Univ., Chongqing 400074, China.
4. Engineer, Chongqing Jiaotong Univ., Chongqing 400074, China; formerly, Technician, Condor Rebar Consultants Inc., 1128 Hornby Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z 2L4.E-mail: