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Received: Apr 23, 2019
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Ph.D. Candidate, School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-0326. Email: [email protected]
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia. Email: [email protected]
Associate Professor, School of Civil, Mining, and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia. Email: [email protected]

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