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Received: Jan 11, 2021
Accepted: Feb 2, 2021
Published online: Jun 17, 2021
Published in print: Sep 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Nov 17, 2021

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Iowa State Univ., 813 Bissell Rd., Ames, IA 50011-1066. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3423-5524. Email: [email protected]
Bora Cetin, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE [email protected]
Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State Univ., 428 S. Shaw Ln., East Lansing, MI 48824 (corresponding author). Email: [email protected]
President and Chief Engineer, Ingios Geotechnics, Inc., P.O. Box 101, Northfield, MN 55057. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0802-1167. Email: [email protected]

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