A google.com search produces some curiosities --in fact, a lot of fine stuff:
lecture notes from a Hong Kong University courseA search in JSTOR's Asian Studies journals turned up 16 hits for 'dynastic cycle' in full text:from Life in Ming China home page
The Han Imperial State and continuation (Cleveland State University)
Lecture Synopsis--"The Dynastic Cycle and the World of Myth," Pt. 2 (taken from Professor Durrant's lecture synopsis for Chinese Popular Culture --see the menu for more)
Patterns in Chinese History from Ohio State --see also other handout materials
Concise Political History of China from CUNY Brooklyn
1.Presidential Address: The Structure of Chinese History
G. William Skinner
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 44, No. 2. (Feb., 1985), pp. 271-292.2.Toward a Study of Dynastic Configurations in Chinese History
Lien-sheng Yang
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3/4. (Dec., 1954), pp. 329-345.3.Introduction: Food, Famine, and the Chinese State (in Food, Famine, and the Chinese State--A Symposium)
Lillian M. Li
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 41, No. 4. (Aug., 1982), pp. 687-707.4.The Role of Sasana Reform in Burmese History: Economic Dimensions of a Religious Purification
Michael Aung Thwin
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 38, No. 4. (Aug., 1979), pp. 671-688.5.An Administrative Cycle in Chinese History: The Case of Northern Sung Emperors
James T. C. Liu
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 2. (Feb., 1962), pp. 137-152.6.Time, Space, and Structure in the Consolidation of the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 617-700)
Robert M. Somers
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 45, No. 5. (Nov., 1986), pp. 971-994.7.Romantics, Stoics, and Martyrs in Seventeenth-Century China
Frederic Wakeman, Jr
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 43, No. 4. (Aug., 1984), pp. 631-665.8.Ogyu Sorai's Instructions for Students: A Translation and Commentary
Richard H. Minear
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 36. (1976), pp. 5-81.9.Soviet Reinterpretations of Chinese Social History: The Search for the Origins of Maoism
Gilbert Rozman
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 34, No. 1. (Nov., 1974), pp. 49-72.10.The Fiscal Importance of the Land Tax During the Ch'ing Period
Yeh-Chien Wang
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4. (Aug., 1971), pp. 829-842.11.Sung Roots of Chinese Political Conservatism: The Administrative Problems (in Notes)
James T. C. Liu
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3. (May, 1967), pp. 457-463.12.Marketing and Social Structure in Rural China: Part II
G. William Skinner
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2. (Feb., 1965), pp. 195-228.13.Bureaucratic Constraints on Nepotism in the Ch`ing Period
Robert M. Marsh
Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2. (Feb., 1960), pp. 117-133.14.Yin-Yang Wu-Hsing and Han Art
Cheng Te-k'un
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1/2. (Jun., 1957), pp. 162-186.15.Sung Society: Change Within Tradition
E. A. Kracke, Jr.
The Far Eastern Quarterly, Vol. 14, No. 4, Special Number on Chinese History and Society. (Aug., 1955), pp. 479-488.16.The Chinese Peasant and Communism
Mary C. Wright Pacific Affairs, Vol. 24, No. 3. (Sep., 1951), pp. 256-265.