Abstract : Landslide dams are usually formed instantaneously by natural forces, the accumulation bodies have the characteristics of complex space structure, wide gradation of dam materials, poor dam stability, and they are easy to fail under the flow erosion. As a major natural disaster of flood and drought, safety evaluation and disaster prediction of landslide dams have been the focus of attention by the scholars around the world, but many questions remain unanswered, which are mainly manifested in: 1) A