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Received: Jun 28, 2013
Accepted: Apr 1, 2014
Published online: Jul 2, 2014
Published in print: Oct 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Dec 2, 2014

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Inês Meireles [email protected]
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Aveiro, Campus Universitario de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
Floriana Renna
Hydraulic Steel Structures Division, ATB Riva Calzoni Spa, Via Industriale 13, 25030 Roncadelle (BS), Italy; formerly, Research Assistant, Dept. of Water Engineering and Chemistry, Technical Univ. of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Jorge Matos
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, IST, Univ. of Lisbon, Ave. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal.
Fabián Bombardelli, A.M.ASCE
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Univ. of California, Davis, 2001 Ghausi Hall, One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616.

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