ABSTRACT

Prof. Dr. A.H.Hosny is a Professor at the Department, of Civil Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt. He received his B.Sc. degree in civil eng. from Cairo Univ. in 1950, his M.Sc. deg. from the same Univ. in 1954. He got his Ph.D. from Leeds Univ., U.K. in 1957. Prof. Dr. M.I.Soliman is an Assistant Professor at the Department, of Civil Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt. He. received his B.Sc. degree in civil eng. from Ain Shams Univ., Cairo in 1969, his M.Sc. deg. from the same Univ. in 1972. He got a M. Eng. deg. from McGill Univ., Canada in 1975 and his Ph.D. in 1979 from the same university. Eng. H.A.Fouad is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Civil Eng., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt. He received his B.Sc. degree in civil eng. from Ain Shams Univ., Cairo in 1987, his M.Sc. deg. from the same Univ. in 1990.