Tailings pond is an important facility for mine safe production,and also a major hazard source.Tailings dam failure will pose a great threat to people’s lives and property downstream,and cause serious pollution to the environment,making it very important to study the cause of dam failure.3 factors that cause tailings dam failure are summarized,being the permeation,the flood and the seismic action.The influence of tailings physical property,dam slope,dam height,stacking dam height,flood and seismic action on the dam stability and destabilizatio...