1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5; formerly, Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Structural Engineering, Cairo Univ., Giza 12613, Egypt (corresponding author).
2. Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ryerson Univ., 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 2K3.
3. Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, Canada A1B 3X5.
4. Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ryerson Univ., 350 Victoria St., Toronto, ON, Canada M5B 2K3.