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Postgraduate Researcher, Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash Univ. Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2389-4345. Email: [email protected]
Senior Lecturer, Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash Univ. Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia (corresponding author). ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2619-554X. Email: [email protected]
Endene Emmanuel [email protected]
Postgraduate Researcher, Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash Univ. Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Email: [email protected]
Postgraduate Researcher, Civil Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, Monash Univ. Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9261-9115. Email: [email protected]
Senior Lecturer, School of Engineering and Technology, Central Queensland Univ., Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4801-8811. Email: [email protected]

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