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Mechanism of the December 2015 Catastrophic Landslide at the Shenzhen Landfill and Controlling Geotechnical Risks of Urbanization

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Yin, Yueping, Li, Bin, Wang, Wenpei, Zhan, Liangtong, Xue, Qiang, Gao, Yang, Zhang, Nan, Chen, Hongqi, Liu, Tiankui, Li, Aiguo·2016·Engineering
DOI 10.1016/j.eng.2016.02.005
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This paper presents findings from an investigation of the large-scale construction solid waste (CSW) landslide that occurred at a landfill at Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, on December 20, 2015, and which killed 77 people and destroyed 33 houses. The landslide involved 2.73×106 m3 of CSW and affected an area about 1100 m in length and 630 m in maximum width, making it the largest landfill landslide in the world. The investigation of this disaster used a combination of unmanned aerial vehicle surveillance and multistage remote-sensing images to reveal the increasing volume of waste in the landfill and the shifting shape of the landfill slope for nearly two years before the landslide took place, beginning with the creation of the CSW landfill in March, 2014, that resulted in the uncertain conditions of the landfill's boundaries and the unstable state of the hydrologic performance. As a result, applying conventional stability analysis methods used for natural landslides to this case would be difficult. In order to analyze this disaster, we took a multistage modeling technique to analyze the varied characteristics of the landfill slope's structure at various stages of CSW dumping and used the non-steady flow theory to explain the groundwater seepage problem. The investigation showed that the landfill could be divided into two units based on the moisture in the land: a front uint, consisted of the landfill slope, which had low water content; and a rear unit, consisted of fresh waste, which had a high water content. This structure caused two effects—surface-water infiltration and consolidation seepage that triggered the landslide in the landfill. Surface-water infiltration induced a gradual increase in pore water pressure head, or piezometric head, in the front slope because the infiltrating position rose as the volume of waste placement increased. Consolidation seepage led to higher excess pore water pressures as the loading of waste increased. We also investigated the post-failure soil dynamics parameters of the landslide deposit using cone penetration, triaxial, and ring-shear tests in order to simulate the characteristics of a flowing slide with a long run-out due to the liquefaction effect. Finally, we conclude the paper with lessons from the tens of catastrophic landslides of municipal solid waste around the world and discuss how to better manage the geotechnical risks of urbanization.

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Authors
Yin, Y., Li, B., Wang, W., Zhan, L., Xue, Q., Gao, Y., Zhang, N., Chen, H., Liu, T., & Li, A.
Affiliations
  • China Geological Survey (CN)
  • Zhejiang University (CN)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Li, Bin
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Venue
Engineering
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-06
Volume
2
Issue
2
Pages
230-249
ISSN
2095-8099 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.eng.2016.02.005
OpenAlex
W2494443411
Cited by
236
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FWCI
21.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Engineering (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Landfill Environmental Impact Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Landslides and related hazards
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis
Keywords
construction waste, groundwater seepage, pore pressure, surface water infiltration, unsteady flow, liquefaction, municipal solid waste landfill

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Yin, Y., Li, B., Wang, W., Zhan, L., Xue, Q., Gao, Y., Zhang, N., Chen, H., Liu, T., & Li, A. (2016). Mechanism of the December 2015 Catastrophic Landslide at the Shenzhen Landfill and Controlling Geotechnical Risks of Urbanization. Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2016.02.005