Dissertation. Ph.D. American University of Beirut. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015. ED:66
Advisor : Dr. Majdi Abou Najm, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Committee Chair : Dr. Mustasem El-Fadel, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Members of Committee: Dr. Ibrahim Alameddine, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering ; Dr. Daniel Beysens, Research Director, Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media Laboratory, École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles ; Dr. Elie Bou Zeid, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University ; Dr. Rami Zurayk, Professor, Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-166)