1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1.
2. Project Manager, Les Laboratories de Shermont, Teknika HBA Inc., 2605 Bonin, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1K, 1C5; formerly, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1.
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 2R1 (corresponding author).
4. Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering, Univ. of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada J1K 2R1.