1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1K 2R1. E-mail: Sherif.El-Gamal@USherbrooke.ca
2. Canada Research Chair Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3T 5V6. E-mail: Ehab_Elsalakawy@UManitoba.ca
3. NSERC Research Chair Professor in FRP Reinforcement for Concrete Structures, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1K 2Rl (corresponding author). E-mail: Brahim.Benmokrane@USherbrooke.ca