During the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, numerous catastrophic landslides were triggered in the loess area on the northwest of China, killing about 200,000 people. Among them a landslide occurred in Dangjiacha area of Xiji County, Ningxia (termed as Dangjiacha ...

<p>Laboratory undrained cyclic shear behavior of silts has been studied by means of undrained cyclic stress - controlled ring shear tests. The dynamic behavior of silty soils on predetermined sliding surfaces in slopes with different gradients and various ...