The intent of this paper is to provide overview context to allow broader understanding of conventional tailings dam failure mechanisms. The research leverages global knowledge, experience, and data collection and interpretation for the safe and controlled management of the geotechnical stability of a tailings storage facility. The motivation for this review is to facilitate transparent access to tailings dam background and understanding. This paper addresses the core understanding of geotechnical failure mechanisms, and how these eventuate to instability and failure of tailings dam structures. This research focuses on foundation failure, internal erosion and piping, overtopping, seepage, seismicity, and slope instability and provides insight into what factors contribute to failure, how failure progresses due to such failure, anticipating and monitoring for the aforementioned failure modes, and designing to mitigate their risk.

本文的目的是提供概述背景，以便更广泛地了解常规尾矿坝的破坏机理。该研究利用全球知识，经验以及数据收集和解释来对尾矿存储设施的岩土稳定性进行安全和受控的管理。进行此次审查的动机是促进对尾矿坝背景和背景的透彻了解。本文阐述了对岩土破坏机制的核心理解，以及这些机制如何导致尾矿坝结构的失稳和破坏。这项研究的重点是地基破坏，内部侵蚀和管道，过顶，渗流，地震活动性和边坡不稳定性，并深入了解哪些因素导致了破坏，由于这种破坏而导致的破坏如何进行，