1. Master’s Candidate, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, LB, Canada A1B 3X5.
2. Civil Structural Engineer at GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy, GEH SMR Technologies Canada, Ltd., Markham, ON, Canada L6C 0M1 (corresponding author).
3. Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, LB, Canada A1B 3X5.
4. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo Univ., Cairo University Rd, Oula, Al Giza, Giza Governorate 3725121, Egypt; Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, St. John’s, LB, Canada A1B 3X5.