Sami Yaich
Higher Institute of Technological Studies of Sfax, Department of Civil Engineering, Sfax, Tunisia
Malek Jedidi
University of Tunis El Manar, National Engineering School of Tunis, Civil Engineering Laboratory, Tunis, Tunisia
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