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Dam construction
            BT: Construction
Dam design
            BT: Design
Dam failure
            BT: Failures
Dam foundations
            BT: Foundations
Dam safety
            BT: Safety
Damage
            RT: Compensation
Damping
            RT: Vibration
Dams
Dams, arch
Dams, buttress
Dams, concrete
Dams, earth
Dams, embankment
Dams, gravity
Dams, navigation
Dams, rockfill
Darcy's law
Data analysis
            BT: Analysis
Data collection
Data communication
            BT: Communication
Data processing
Databases
            NT: Climatic data
            NT: Experimental data
            NT: Hydrologic data
            NT: Meteorological data
            NT: Spatial data
            NT: Weather data
            RT: Information management
Datum
Dead loads
            BT: Loads
Debris
Decay
Decision making
Decision support systems
Decks
            NT: Bridge decks
            NT: Steel decks
Decommissioning
Decomposition
Deep foundations
            BT: Foundations
Deep water
            BT: Water
Defects
            RT: Imperfections
Deflection
Deformation
            NT: Elastic deformation
            NT: Plastic deformation
            NT: Shear deformation
            NT: Soil deformation
Degradation
            NT: Biodegradation
Degrees of freedom
Deicing
            RT: Ice
Delaminating
            RT: Laminates
Delaware
            BT: United States
Delay time
            BT: Time factors
            RT: Traffic delay
Delivery
Deltas
Demolition
Denitrification
            RT: Nitrification
Denmark
            BT: Europe
Densification
Density
            NT: Bulk density
            NT: Power spectral density
            NT: Relative density
Density currents
            BT: Currents
Density measurement
            BT: Measurement
Deoxygenation
            RT: Oxygenation
Deposition
            NT: Littoral deposits
            NT: Mineral deposits
Depth
            NT: Water depth
Desalination
            RT: Salinity
Deserts
[Desiccation]
            Use: Dewatering
Design
            NT: Airport design
            NT: Allowable stress design
            NT: Bridge design
            NT: Building design
            NT: Canal design
            NT: Channel design
            NT: Computer aided design
            NT: Conceptual design
            NT: Dam design
            NT: Foundation design
            NT: Highway and road design
            NT: Hydraulic design
            NT: Limit design
            NT: Load and resistance factor design
            NT: Minimum weight design
            NT: Network design
            NT: Pavement design
            NT: Pipe design
            NT: Pipeline design
            NT: Plastic design
            NT: Reservoir design
            NT: Seismic design
            NT: Sewer design
            NT: Structural design
Design/build
Desorption
            RT: Sorption
Detention basins
            BT: Basins
Detention reservoirs
            BT: Reservoirs
Deterioration
Developing countries
            BT: Foreign countries
Dewatering
            UF: [Drying]
            UF: [Desiccation]
Diagnosis
            RT: Inspection
Diaphragm wall
            BT: Walls
            RT: Slurry walls
Diaphragms
[Diclocation]
            Use: Displacement
Differential equations
            NT: Nonlinear differential equations
Differential settlement
            BT: Settlement
            UF: [Heave]
Diffraction
            NT: Wave diffraction
Diffusion
            NT: Atmospheric diffusion
            NT: Jet diffusion
            NT: Thermal diffusion
            NT: Turbulent diffusion
Digestion
Digital techniques
            RT: Graphic methods
            RT: Imaging techniques
Dikes
            BT: Breakwaters
            RT: Levees
Dilatancy
Dilatometers
Dilution
Dimensional analysis
            BT: Analysis
Dioxin
Disaster recovery
Disaster relief
            RT: Emergency services
Disasters
            NT: Man-made disasters
            NT: Natural disasters
            RT: Hazards
Discharge
Discharge measurement
            BT: Measurement
Discontinuities
Discrete elements
            UF: [Distinct elements]
Discrimination
            RT: Minority groups
            RT: Racial factors
            RT: Women
            RT: Workplace diversity
Diseases
            RT: Bacteria
            RT: Disinfection
            RT: Health hazards
            RT: Public health
            RT: Viruses
Disinfection
            RT: Bacteria
            RT: Diseases
            RT: Health hazards
            RT: Public health
            RT: Viruses
Dispersion
            NT: Wave dispersion
Displacement
            NT: Lateral displacement
            UF: [Diclocation]
Disposal
Dispute resolution
            RT: Arbitration
Dissolved gases
            BT: Gas
Dissolved organic carbon
            BT: Organic carbon
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
Disturbances
            NT: Sample disturbance
Ditches
            RT: Trenches
Diversion
Diversion structures
            BT: Structures
Docks
            RT: Harbors
Documentation
            RT: Information management
[Dolos]
            Use: Concrete blocks
Domes, structural
Domestic wastes
            BT: Waste management
Dominican Republic
            BT: Caribbean
Doppler systems
Dowels
Downdrag
Drafting
            NT: Computer aided drafting (CAD)
Drag
Drain tiles
            BT: Tiles
Drainage
            NT: Subsurface drainage
            NT: Surface drainage
Drainage basins
            BT: Basins
Drainage structures
            BT: Structures
Drainage systems
Drainage wells
            BT: Wells
Drawdown
Dredge spoil
Dredging
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
Ductility
Ducts
Dunes
            BT: Embankments
Durability
            NT: Concrete durability
Dust
Dyes
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: Surface dynamics
            NT: Thermodynamics

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