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Received: Aug 26, 2013
Accepted: Sep 27, 2013
Published online: Dec 6, 2013
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, P.O. Box 3930, Ullevaal Stadion, N-0806 Oslo, Norway. E-mail: [email protected]
L. M. Zhang, F.ASCE [email protected]
Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
D. S. Chang, S.M.ASCE [email protected]
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Univ. of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong. E-mail: [email protected]

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