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Received: Nov 11, 2020
Accepted: Dec 1, 2020
Published online: Jan 20, 2021
Published in print: Apr 1, 2021
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Matthew Thompson
Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, W181 NH, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588.
Mohamed F. Dahab, F.ASCE
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, W181 NH, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588.
Robert E. Williams
Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588.
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, W181 NH, Univ. of Nebraska–Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588 (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5064-331X. Email: [email protected]

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