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Cable cars
            BT: Vehicles
Cables
Cadastral surveys
            BT: Surveys
Cadmium
            BT: Metals
Caissons
            RT: Underwater construction
Calcareous soils
            BT: Soils
Calcium
Calcium carbonate
[Calculation]
            Use: Computation
Calibration
California
            BT: United States
            NT: San Francisco
California bearing ratio
            BT: Ratio
Cameras
Canada
            BT: North America
Canal design
            BT: Design
Canal linings
            BT: Linings
Canals
            NT: Panama Canal
Cantilevers
Canyons
Capacity
            NT: Bearing capacity
            NT: Traffic capacity
[Capital]
            Use: Assets
Capital costs
            BT: Costs
Capital improvement
Car pools
            RT: Commute
            RT: High occupancy vehicles
Carbon
            NT: Activated carbon
            NT: Hydrocarbons
            NT: Organic carbon
Carbon dioxide
Carbon monoxide
Carbonate rocks
            BT: Rocks
Carbonation
[Careers]
            Use: Professional development
[Cargo]
            Use: Freight
Caribbean
            NT: Barbados
            NT: Bermuda
            NT: Dominican Republic
            NT: Jamaica
Cascade
            UF: [Waterfall]
Case reports
Caspian Sea
            BT: Oceans
Cast in place
Cast iron
            BT: Iron
Catchments
Cathodic protection
Cations
Causeways
            BT: Highways and roads
Caves
            RT: Karst
            RT: Sinkholes
Cavitation
CD-ROM
            BT: Computer storage devices
Ceilings
Cellular structures
            BT: Structures
Cement grouting
            BT: Grouting
Cements
            NT: Portland cements
            NT: Soil cement
Census
            RT: Population growth
Centrifuge
Centrifuge model
            BT: Models
Centrifuge models
            BT: Models
Ceramics
Certification
Change management
            BT: Management
Change orders
Channel beds
            BT: Beds
Channel bends
            RT: Bends, hydraulic
Channel design
            BT: Design
Channel flow
            BT: Flow
Channel morphology
            BT: Morphology
Channel stabilization
            BT: Stabilization
Channelization
Channels
            NT: Open channels
            NT: Stream channels
            RT: Aqueducts
Chaos
Chemical equilibrium
            BT: Equilibrium
Chemical grouting
            BT: Grouting
Chemical oxygen demand
            BT: Oxygen demand
            UF: [COD]
Chemical properties
Chemical resistant materials
            BT: Materials
Chemical spills
            BT: Spills
Chemical treatment
            BT: Waste treatment
Chemical wastes
            BT: Waste management
Chemicals
            NT: Inorganic chemicals
            NT: Organic chemicals
Chesapeake Bay
            BT: Bays
Chicago
            BT: Illinois
Chile
            BT: Latin America
Chimneys
China
            BT: Asia
Chlorides
            NT: Polyvinyl chloride
Chlorination
Chlorine
Chromium
[Circular beams]
            Use: Curved beams
Circulation
            NT: Nearshore circulation
            NT: Water circulation
            RT: Recirculation
[Cities]
            Use: Urban areas
Civil engineering
            BT: Engineering
Cladding
Claims
            RT: Litigation
Clarifiers
Classification
            NT: Soil classification
Clay liners
            BT: Liners
Clays
            NT: Marine clays
Clean Water Act
Client relationships
            RT: Business management
Cliffs
            UF: [Bluffs]
Climatic changes
Climatic data
            BT: Databases
Climatology
            NT: Wave climatology
Clogging
Closed form solutions
            BT: Solutions
Cloud modification
Cloud seeding
Clouds
Cnoidal waves
            BT: Waves
Coagulation
Coal
[Coal ash]
            Use: Fly ash
Coal fired powerplants
            BT: Powerplants
Coal gasification
            BT: Gasification
Coal mining
            BT: Mining
Coal storage
            BT: Storage
Coal tar
Coarse-grained soils
            BT: Soils
Coast Guard
Coastal engineering
            BT: Engineering
Coastal environment
Coastal management
            BT: Management
Coastal morphology
            BT: Morphology
Coastal processes
Coastal structures
            BT: Structures
Coating
            RT: Painting
[COD]
            Use: Chemical oxygen demand
[Codes]
            Use: Standards and codes
Coefficients
Cofferdams
            RT: Bridge construction
Cohesion
Cohesionless soils
            BT: Soils
            UF: [Noncohesive soils]
Cohesive soils
            BT: Soils
Cold regions
            NT: Antarctic
            NT: Arctic regions
            RT: Permafrost
Cold weather construction
            BT: Construction
Cold weather operations
            BT: Operation
Cold-formed steel
            BT: Steel
Cold-rolled steel
            BT: Steel
Collapse
            RT: Structural failures
Collapse loads
            BT: Loads
Collapsible soils
            BT: Soils
Collective bargaining
            RT: Labor unions
Collisions
            NT: Ship bridge collisions
            UF: [Crash]
Colloids
Colombia
            BT: Latin America
Color
Colorado
            BT: United States
Colorado River
            BT: Rivers
Columbia River
            BT: Rivers
Columns
            NT: Beam columns
            NT: Box columns
            NT: Composite columns
            NT: Concrete columns
            NT: Steel columns
            NT: Stone columns
Combined sewer overflow
            BT: Overflow
Combined sewers
            BT: Sewers
Combined stress
            BT: Stress
Combustion
Communication
            NT: Data communication
            NT: Telecommunication
            RT: Internet
            RT: Speeches
            RT: Writing
Community development
Community relations
            RT: Public services
Commute
            RT: Car pools
            RT: High occupancy vehicles
Compacted soils
            BT: Soils
            RT: Soil compaction
Compaction
            NT: Soil compaction
Compaction grouting
            BT: Grouting
Comparative studies
Compensation
            RT: Damage
            RT: Employee benefits
            RT: Incentives
            RT: Salaries
Competition
Composite beams
            BT: Beams
Composite columns
            BT: Columns
Composite materials
            BT: Materials
Composite structures
            BT: Structures
Composting
Compressed air
Compression
            NT: Axial compression
            NT: Soil compression
            NT: Triaxial compression
Compression tests
            BT: Tests
Compression waves
            BT: Waves
Compressive strength
            BT: Strength
Computation
            UF: [Calculation]
Computational fluid dynamics technique
            BT: Fluid dynamics
Computer aided design
            BT: Design
Computer aided drafting (CAD)
            BT: Drafting
Computer aided instruction
            BT: Engineering education
Computer aided operations
            UF: [Computerization]
Computer aided scheduling
            BT: Scheduling
Computer aided simulation
            BT: Simulation
[Computer aided vision systems]
            Use: Automatic identification systems
Computer analysis
            BT: Analysis
Computer applications   (SN: the use of computer technology)
Computer hardware
Computer languages
Computer models
            BT: Models
Computer networks
            BT: Networks
            RT: Distributed processing
Computer programming
Computer software
            NT: Spreadsheets
Computer storage devices
            NT: CD-ROM
[Computerization]
            Use: Computer aided operations
Computers
            NT: Microcomputers
Concentrated loads
            BT: Loads
Concentration
            NT: Stress concentration
Conceptual design
            BT: Design
Concrete
            NT: High-strength concrete
            NT: Lightweight concrete
            NT: Polymer concretes
            NT: Precast concrete
            NT: Post-tensioned concrete
            NT: Roller-compacted concrete
            NT: Prestressed concrete
            NT: Reinforced concrete
[Concrete additives]
            Use: Admixtures
[Concrete admixtures]
            Use: Admixtures
Concrete aggregates
            BT: Aggregates
Concrete beams
            BT: Beams
Concrete blocks
            BT: Blocks
            UF: [Monoliths]
            UF: [Dolos]
Concrete columns
            BT: Columns
Concrete construction
            BT: Construction
Concrete durability
            BT: Durability
Concrete masonry
            BT: Masonry
Concrete pavements
            BT: Pavements
Concrete piles
            BT: Piles
Concrete pipes
            BT: Pipes
Concrete placing
Concrete slabs
            BT: Slabs
Concrete structures
            BT: Structures
Concrete tests
            BT: Tests
[Conduit flow]
            Use: Pipe flow
Conduits
            UF: [Penstocks]
Cone penetration
            BT: Penetration
Cone penetration tests
            BT: Penetration tests
[Cones]
            Use: Conical bodies
Conferences
            NT: ASCE conferences
Confidence intervals
            NT: Confidence limit
Confidence limit
            BT: Confidence intervals
Configuration
Confined flow
            BT: Flow
Confined water
            BT: Water
Confinement
Conflict
Conformal mapping
            BT: Mapping
Conical bodies
            UF: [Cones]
Connecticut
            BT: United States
Connections
            RT: Joints
Connections, bolted
Connections, flexible
Connections, semi-rigid
Connections, welded
Connectors
            RT: Fasteners
Conservation
            RT: Preservation
Constitutive equations
Constitutive models
            BT: Models
Constitutive relations
Constraints
            NT: Institutional constraints
Constructability
Construction
            NT: Airport construction
            NT: Bridge construction
            NT: Cold weather construction
            NT: Concrete construction
            NT: Dam construction
            NT: Fast track construction
            NT: Foundation construction
            NT: Highway and road construction
            NT: Hot weather construction
            NT: Lean construction
            NT: Lift slab construction
            NT: Nighttime construction
            NT: Offshore construction
            NT: Space construction
            NT: Steel construction
            NT: Timber construction
            NT: Tunnel construction
            NT: Underground construction
            NT: Underwater construction
            RT: Reconstruction
Construction companies
            RT: Engineering firms
Construction costs
            BT: Costs
Construction equipment
            BT: Equipment
            NT: Cranes
Construction industry
            BT: Industries
Construction management
            BT: Management
            UF: [Project management]
Construction materials
            BT: Materials
Construction methods
            BT: Methodology
Construction sites
Consultants
            BT: Professional personnel
Consulting services
            BT: Professional services
[Consumer protection]
            Use: Public welfare
Contact pressure
            BT: Pressure
Contacts
            BT: Interfaces
Containers
            RT: Freight
Containment
Containment vessels
            BT: Ships
[Contamination]
            Use: Pollution
Continental shelves
Contingency
Continuing education
            BT: Engineering education
Continuous beams
            BT: Beams
Continuous structures
            BT: Structures
Continuum mechanics
            BT: Mechanics
Contract management
            BT: Management
Contraction
Contractors
            NT: Subcontractors
Contracts
            RT: Bids
Control
            NT: Active control
            NT: Feedback control
            NT: Flow control
            NT: Noise control
            NT: Passive control
            NT: Process control
            NT: Quality control
            NT: Remote control
            NT: Structural control
            UF: [Inhibit]
Control structures
            BT: Structures
Control surveys
            BT: Surveys
Control systems
Convection
Convergence
Conversion
            NT: Energy conversion
Conveyors
Cooling
Cooling towers
            BT: Towers
Cooling water
            BT: Water
Cooperation
            NT: Interagency cooperation
Copper
            BT: Metals
Core walls
            BT: Walls
            UF: [Cutoff walls]
Corners
Corporations
            BT: Organizations
Correctional facilities
            BT: Facilities
            UF: [Prisons]
Correlation
Corrosion
            NT: Sea water corrosion
Corrosion resistance
            BT: Resistance
Corrugating
Costa Rica
            BT: Latin America
Costs
            NT: Capital costs
            NT: Construction costs
            NT: Maintenance costs
            RT: Pricing
            RT: Benefit cost ratios
            RT: Payment
Coupled walls
            BT: Walls
Coupling
Court decisions
            RT: Litigation
Coverings
            UF: [Crack gages]
[Crack gages]
            Use: Coverings
Cracking
            RT: Frost heave
            UF: [Crevasse]
            UF: [Fissures]
            UF: [Fracture]
Cranes
            BT: Construction equipment
[Crash]
            Use: Collisions
Creep
[Crevasse]
            Use: Cracking
Critical flow
            BT: Flow
Critical loads
            BT: Loads
Critical path method
            BT: Methodology
Crops
            RT: Agriculture
Cross sections
            RT: Angle sections
            RT: Hollow sections
            RT: Thin wall sections
Crossflow
            BT: Flow
Crossings
            NT: Railroad grade crossings
            NT: River crossings
Crude oil
            BT: Oils
Crushing
Crystal growth
Cuba
            BT: Latin America
Culverts
            BT: Pipes
Curing
Currents
            NT: Density currents
            NT: Littoral currents
            NT: Rip currents
            NT: Tidal currents
            NT: Undertow
Curricula
            BT: Engineering education
Curtain grouting
            BT: Grouting
Curtain walls
            BT: Walls
Curvature
            NT: Road curvature
Curve fitting
Curved beams
            BT: Beams
            UF: [Circular beams]
[Cutoff walls]
            Use: Core walls
Cutoffs
Cyclic loads
            BT: Loads
Cyclic strength
            BT: Strength
Cyclic tests
            BT: Tests
Cyclones
            RT: Hurricanes
            RT: Typhoons
Cylinders
Cylindrical shells
            BT: Shells
Cylindrical tanks
            BT: Tanks
Czech Republic   Use: Czechoslovakia (before 1994)
Czechoslovakia   Use: Czech Republic (since '94)   Use: Slovakia (since '94)
            BT: Europe

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