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[Racial factors]
            Use: Minority groups
Radar
Radial flow
            BT: Flow
Radiation
            NT: Solar radiation
            NT: Ultraviolet radiation
Radioactive materials
Radioactive wastes
            BT: Waste management
            UF: [Nuclear wastes]
Radiography
            UF: [Tomography]
Radon
            RT: Indoor environmental quality
Raft foundations
            BT: Foundations
Rail transportation
            BT: Transportation management
Railroad ballast
Railroad bridges
            BT: Bridges
Railroad engineering
            BT: Transportation engineering
Railroad grade crossings
            BT: Crossings
Railroad stations
            BT: Terminal facilities
Railroad ties
            BT: Ties
Railroad tracks
Railroad trains
[Rainbow Bridge, Colorado]
            Use: Civil engineering landmarks
[Rainbow Bridge, NY]
            Use: Civil engineering landmarks
Rainfall
            BT: Precipitation
Rainfall duration
Rainfall frequency
            NT: Frequency
Rainfall intensity
Rainfall-runoff relationships
Ramps
            BT: Highways and roads
Random processes
Random waves
            BT: Waves
Rangeland
            UF: [Grazing land]
            UF: [Pasture]
Rapid transit systems
            BT: Public transportation
Ratings
            RT: Evaluation
Rayleigh waves
            BT: Waves
Reactors
            NT: Nuclear reactors
            UF: [Vats]
Reaeration
            BT: Aeration
            RT: Air injection
Real estate properties
            RT: Land use
[Rebars]
            Use: Structure reinforcement
Receiving water
            BT: Water
            RT: Water pollution
Recharge basins
            BT: Basins
            RT: Recharge wells
Recharge wells
            BT: Wells
            RT: Recharge basins
Recirculation
Reclamation
            NT: Land reclamation
            NT: Water reclamation
Reconstruction
            RT: Construction
Recreation
            NT: Boating
            NT: Sports
            RT: Tourism
Recreational buildings
            BT: Buildings
            NT: Stadiums
            RT: Parks
            UF: [Amusement parks]
            UF: [Fitness centers]
Recruiting
            RT: Affirmative action
            RT: Employment
Recycling
            RT: Water reclamation
            RT: Renewable energy
            RT: Sustainable development
            RT: Ecosystems
            RT: Environmental issues
            UF: [Byproduct utilization]
            UF: [Waste utilization]
Redundancy
Reefs
Reflection
            NT: Wave reflection
Refraction
            NT: Wave refraction
Regional analysis
            BT: Analysis
Regional development
Registration
Regression analysis
            BT: Analysis
Regression models
            BT: Models
Regulations
            RT: Laws
            RT: Permits
Rehabilitation
            UF: [Repairing]
            UF: [Retrofitting]
Reinforced concrete
            BT: Concrete
            UF: [Ferrocement]
[Reinforced earth]
            Use: Soil stabilization
[Reinforced soils]
            Use: Soil stabilization
Reinforcement
            NT: Structure reinforcement
Reinforcing steel
            BT: Steel
Relative density
            BT: Density
Relaxation (mechanics)
            RT: Stress
Reliability
            NT: Structural reliability
            NT: System reliability
Religious buildings
            BT: Buildings
            UF: [Churches]
            UF: [Chapels]
            UF: [Mosques]
            UF: [Temples]
            UF: [Basilicas]
            UF: [Cathedrals]
            UF: [Monasteries]
            UF: [Shrines]
Relocation
Remediation
            RT: Abatement and removal
            RT: Waste treatment
Remote control
            BT: Control
[Remote fields]
            Use: Magnetic fields
Remote sensing
            RT: Monitoring
            RT: Probe instruments
            UF: [Telemetry]
Renewable energy
            BT: Energy sources
            RT: Recycling
            RT: Sustainable development
            UF: [Alternative energy]
Renovation
            RT: Restoration
[Rental]
            Use: Leasing and renting
[Repairing]
            Use: Rehabilitation
Repeated loads
            BT: Loads
Replacement   (SN: of structures, systems and equipment)
Research
Reservoirs
Resident engineers
            BT: Engineers
Residential buildings
            BT: Buildings
            NT: Manufactured homes
            UF: [Houses]
            UF: [Condos]
            UF: [Apartment buildings]
            UF: [Townhouses]
            UF: [Condominiums]
            UF: [Single-family homes]
Residential location
            BT: Location
Residual soils
            BT: Soils
Residual strength
            BT: Strength
Residual stress
            BT: Stress
Resilient modulus
Resistance
            NT: Fire resistance
            NT: Flow resistance
            NT: Shear resistance
            NT: Skid resistance
Resonance
            RT: Vibration
Resource allocation
Resource management
            BT: Management
            RT: Natural resources
Response spectra
Restoration
            RT: Renovation
Restraint systems
            NT: Tieback restraint systems
Retaining structures
            BT: Structures
            RT: Bulkheads
Retention
Retention basins
            BT: Basins
Retirement
            RT: Pensions
[Retrofitting]
            Use: Rehabilitation
Return flow
            BT: Flow
Revenues
            BT: Financial factors
Revetments
Reviews
            NT: Peer review
            NT: State-of-the-art reviews
Reynolds number
Reynolds stress
            BT: Stress
Rheology
Rhode Island
            BT: United States
[Rice]
            Use: Crops
Ridership
            RT: Public transportation
Right of way (land)
            RT: Land use
Rigid pavements
            BT: Pavements
Rigid-body dynamics
            BT: Dynamics
Rigidity
[Rills]
            Use: Channels
Rings
Rio Grande
            BT: Rivers and streams
Rip currents
            BT: Currents
Riparian land
Riparian rights
            RT: Water rights
Riparian water
            BT: Water
Ripple marks
            RT: Bed ripples
Riprap
            BT: Foundations
Risk management
            BT: Management
River bank erosion
            BT: Erosion
River bank stabilization
            BT: Stabilization
River basins
            BT: Basins
River beds
            RT: bedforms
            RT: Bed loads
            RT: Bed materials
            RT: Bed movements
            RT: Bed ripples
            RT: Bed roughness
            RT: Ocean bottom
            RT: Sea floor
            UF: [Channel beds]
            UF: [Stream beds]
River crossings
            BT: Crossings
River flow
            BT: Flow
River systems
Riverine bars
            RT: Sandbars
Rivers and streams
            NT: Colorado River
            NT: Columbia River
            NT: Hudson River
            NT: Mississippi River
            NT: Missouri River
            NT: Niagara River
            NT: Nile River
            NT: Ohio River
            NT: Potomac River
            NT: Rio Grande
            NT: St. Lawrence River
            RT: Backwater
            RT: Estuaries
            RT: Headwaters
            RT: Waterways
            RT: Yangtze River
Rivets
            RT: Fastening
[Roadbeds]
            Use: Subgrades
Robotics
[Robyville Bridge, ME]
            Use: Civil engineering landmarks
Rock fills
            BT: Fills
Rock masses
            BT: Mass
Rock mechanics
            BT: Mechanics
Rock structures
            BT: Structures
Rock-fill dams
            BT: Dams
Rocks
            NT: Basalt
            NT: Bedrock
            NT: Boulders
            NT: Carbonate rocks
            NT: Kaolin
            NT: Shale
Rocky Mountains
            BT: Mountains
Rods
            NT: Dowels
Roller-compacted concrete
            BT: Concrete
Romania
            BT: Europe
Roof failures
            BT: Failures
Roofs
Rotation
Rotational flow
            BT: Flow
Roughness
            NT: Bed roughness
            NT: Hydraulic roughness
            NT: Surface roughness
[Roundabouts]
            Use: Intersections
Route preferences
            RT: Travel patterns
Routing
            NT: Flood routing
Rubber
[Rubbish]
            Use: Solid wastes
Runoff
            RT: Water pollution
            RT: Tail water
Runoff curve number
            RT: Runoff
            UF: [Curve number]
Rural areas
Russia (after 1991)
            BT: Europe

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