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Dam failures
            BT: Failures
Dam foundations
            BT: Foundations
Dam safety
            BT: Safety
Damage
            RT: Compensation
Damping
            RT: Vibration
Dams
            NT: Arch dams
            NT: Cofferdams
            NT: Concrete dams
            NT: Earth-fill dams
            NT: Embankment dams
            NT: Gravity dams
            NT: Navigation dams
            NT: Rock-fill dams
            RT: Weirs
            RT: Water impoundments
            UF: [Barrages]
Darcy's law
Data analysis
            BT: Analysis
Data collection
Data communication
            BT: Communication
Data processing
Databases
            NT: Hydrologic data
            NT: Spatial data
            RT: Information management
Datum
Dead loads
            BT: Loads
Debris
[Decay]
            Use: Decomposition
Decision making
Decision support systems
Decks
            NT: Bridge decks
Decommissioning
Decomposition
            UF: [Decay]
Deep foundations
            BT: Foundations
Deep water
            BT: Water
Defects
            RT: Imperfections
Deflection
Deformation
            NT: Shear deformation
            NT: Soil deformation
Degradation
            RT: Aggradation
Degrees of freedom
Deicing
            RT: Ice
Delaminating
            RT: Laminated materials
Delaware
            BT: United States
Delay time
            BT: Time factors
            RT: Traffic delay
Deltas
Demolition
Denitrification
            RT: Nitrification
Denmark
            BT: Europe
Densification
Density
            NT: Power spectral density
            NT: Relative density
Density currents
            BT: Currents
Deposition
            NT: Alluvium
            NT: Littoral deposits
Depth
            NT: Water depth
Desalination
            RT: Salinity
Deserts
[Desiccation]
            Use: Dewatering
Design
            NT: Allowable stress design
            NT: Building design
            NT: Computer aided design
            NT: Conceptual design
            NT: Hydraulic design
            NT: Limit design
            NT: Load and resistance factor design
            NT: Minimum weight design
            NT: Plastic design
            NT: Seismic design
            NT: Structural design
            RT: Drafting
Design/build
Desorption
            RT: Sorption
[Desulfurization]
            Use: Sulfur
Detention basins
            BT: Basins
[Detention Centers]
            Use: Correctional facilities
Deterioration
            RT: Aging (material)
            RT: Weathering
Developing countries
            RT: International factors
Dewatering
            UF: [Drying]
            UF: [Desiccation]
Diagnosis
            RT: Inspection
Diaphragm walls
            BT: Walls
            RT: Slurry walls
Diaphragms
Differential equations
            NT: Nonlinear differential equations
Differential settlement
            BT: Settlement
            UF: [Heave]
Diffraction
            NT: Wave diffraction
Diffusion
            NT: Thermal diffusion
            NT: Turbulent diffusion
Digital techniques
            RT: Analogs
            RT: Graphic methods
            RT: Imaging techniques
Dilatancy
Dilatometers
Dilution
Dimensional analysis
            BT: Analysis
Dioxin
            BT: Chemical compounds
Disaster recovery
            RT: Emergency services
Disasters
            NT: Man-made disasters
            NT: Natural disasters
            RT: Hazards
Discharge measurement
            BT: Measurement
Discrete elements
            UF: [Distinct elements]
Discrimination
            RT: Minority groups
            RT: Women
            RT: Workplace diversity
Diseases
            RT: Bacteria
            RT: Disinfection
            RT: Health hazards
            RT: Public health
            RT: Viruses
[Disinfectant]
            Use: Disinfection
Disinfection
            RT: Bacteria
            RT: Diseases
            RT: Health hazards
            RT: Public health
            RT: Viruses
            UF: [Disinfectant]
[Dislocation]
            Use: Displacement
Dispersion
            NT: Wave dispersion
Displacement
            NT: Lateral displacement
            UF: [Dislocation]
Dispute resolution
            BT: Business management
            RT: Arbitration
Dissolved oxygen
            BT: Oxygen
Dissolved solids
            BT: Solids
Distance measurement
            BT: Measurement
[Distinct elements]
            Use: Discrete elements
Distortion
Distributed processing
            RT: Computer networks
Distribution functions
            NT: Flow distribution
            NT: Load distribution
            NT: Moment distribution
            NT: Particle distribution
            NT: Particle size distribution
            NT: Pore size distribution
            NT: Pressure distribution
            NT: Probability distribution
            NT: Shear distribution
            NT: Spatial distribution
            NT: Strain distribution
            NT: Stress distribution
            NT: Temperature distribution
            NT: Trip distribution
            NT: Velocity distribution
District of Columbia
            BT: United States
            UF: [Washington D. C.]
Ditches
            RT: Trenches
Diversion
Diversion structures
            BT: Structures
Docks
            RT: Harbors
Documentation
            RT: Information management
[Dolos]
            Use: Concrete blocks
Domes (structural element)
Domestic wastes
            BT: Waste management
            UF: [Household wastes]
Dominican Republic
            BT: Caribbean
Doppler systems
Dowels
            BT: Rods
Drafting
            NT: Computer aided drafting
            RT: Design
Drag (fluid dynamics)
[Dragon Cement Plant & Quarry, ME]
            Use: Civil engineering landmarks
Drainage
            NT: Subsurface drainage
            NT: Surface drainage
Drainage basins
            BT: Basins
Drainage systems
Drawdown (hydrology)
Dredging
            RT: Sediment
Drift
            NT: Littoral drift
Drilled pier foundations
            BT: Foundations
Drilled shafts
            BT: Shafts
Drilling
            NT: Offshore drilling
Drinking water
            BT: Water
[Drip irrigation]
            Use: Trickle irrigation
Driven piles
            BT: Piles
Driver behavior
            RT: Traffic management
Drop structures
            BT: Structures
Droughts
[Drying]
            Use: Dewatering
[Dublin-Belfast Rail Link Boyne Br. Cr. Viaduct]
            Use: Civil engineering landmarks
Ductility
Ducts
Dunes
            BT: Embankments
Durability
Dust
Dyes
            RT: Pollutants
[Dykes]
            Use: Levees and dikes
Dynamic analysis
            BT: Analysis
Dynamic loads
            BT: Loads
Dynamic models
            BT: Models
Dynamic pressure
            BT: Pressure
Dynamic properties
Dynamic response
Dynamic stability
            BT: Stability
Dynamic structural analysis
            BT: Structural analysis
Dynamic tests
            BT: Tests
Dynamics
            NT: Aerodynamics
            NT: Fluid dynamics
            NT: Hydrodynamics
            NT: Rigid-body dynamics
            NT: Soil dynamics
            NT: Structural dynamics
            NT: Thermodynamics

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