1. Key Laboratory of Disaster Prevention and Structural Safety of Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China 2. College of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530006, China
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