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Received: Nov 29, 2023
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd., Da’an District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9304-1260. Email: [email protected]
Chang-Yu Ou, M.ASCE
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Construction Engineering, National Taiwan Univ. of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech), No. 43, Section 4, Keelung Rd., Da’an District, Taipei City 106, Taiwan.

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