Recent Advances in Stability and Failure Mechanisms of Landslide Dams

Numerous landslide dams have been induced in recent years as a result of frequent earthquakes and extreme climate hazards. Landslide present serious threats to lives properties downstream due potentially breaching floods from the impounded lakes. To investigate factors influencing stability dams, large database has established based on an in-depth investigation 1,737 dam cases. The effects triggers, materials, geomorphic characteristics are comprehensively analyzed. Various evaluation indexes assessed this database, can be further improved by considering materials. Stability analyses aftershocks, surges, artificial engineering measures summarized. Overtopping seepage failures most common failure modes dams. processes mechanisms caused overtopping reviewed perspective model experiments numerical analyses. Finally, research gaps highlighted, pathways achieve more complete understanding suggested. This comprehensive review advances serve key reference for prediction emergency risk mitigation.