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- In the early 1970s, landslides in Hong Kong caused by heavy rain resulted in loss of life and property damage. This prompted a review of slope stability. - A slope near Sau Mau Ping Road in Kowloon was identified as potentially unstable, as a failure could threaten two blocks of apartments housing 10,000 people across the road. - To assess the risk, engineers analyzed the slope stability using simple analytical models to estimate safety factors under normal and extreme conditions like earthquakes or hea

Author

Sebastian Cristopher Hormazabal Cortes

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