Correspondence should be addressed to Deng Jianhui Unfavorable hydrodynamic evolution is considered as the major cause leading to reservoir slope instability and is often modeled by numerical method. However, this simulation is seldom checked by systematic field instrumentation. Taking the opportunity of filling the Three Gorges Reservoir, a system was established in Xietan landslide to monitor reservoir water level, subground water level, seepage pressure, rainfall and deformation, etc, The monitored data during reservoir filling shows that: (1) The water level rise in the bank lags behind the reservoir filling and the lag time depends on the bank permeability; (2) rainfall-induced subground water rise and its lag time is closely correlated to hourly rainfall, indicating that it is not feasible or sufficient to use daily rainfall for analysis; (3) the effect of inverse seepage during reservoir filling on stability is ephemeral and reservoir filling is the major cause leading to bank instability.

The East Open Pits of Daye Iron Mine were closed in year 2000 and the ore beyond the pit limit was planned to be mined by underground ways. In order to facilitate the smooth transition to underground mining, hanging-wall ores in the old pits were scheduled to be mined. Xiangbishan pit is one of the four mining spots selected. In 1979 when the pit was mined to around 36 m a.s.l., a landside of around 70000 m3 occurred in its North Slope, leading to the closure of the pit. The pit was then backfilled to 60m a.s.l. to maintain the slope stability. The hanging-wall ore to be mined is just located below the old slide, so whether the slide will be reactivated and how to control its deformation and stability are the key issues concerned. Based on geological investigation and numerical analysis, it was predicted that the slide would be reactivated and a control measure using the intact ore body as a retaining wall was thus suggested. During mining, displacements were monitored to assure safety. By July, 2003, 383000 tons of ore were successfully mined. Though the observed displacement reached 8795 mm, no major failure happened. The final slope is 110 m high with an angle of 70.

Chinese historic documents recorded that on June 1, 1786, a strongM=7.75 earthquake occurred in the Kangding-Luding area, Sichuan, southwestern China, resulting in a large landslide that fell into the Dadu River. As a result, a landslide dam blocked the river. Ten days later, the sudden breaching of the dam resulted in catastrophic downstream flooding. Historic records document over 100,000 deaths by the flood. This may be the most disastrous event ever caused by landslide dam failures in the world. Although a lot of work has been carried out to determine the location, magnitude and intensity of the 1786 earthquake, relatively little is known about the occurrence and nature of the landslide dam. In this paper, the dam was reconstructed using historic documents and geomorphic evidence. It was found that the landslide dam was about 70 m high, and it created a lake with a water volume of about 50 106 m3 and an area of about 1.7 km2. The landslide dam breached suddenly due to a major aftershock on June 10, 1786. The peak discharge at the dam breach was estimated using regression equations and a physically based predictive equation. The possibility of a future failure of the landslide seems high, particularly due to inherent seismic risk, and detailed geotechnical investigations are strongly recommended for evaluating the current stability of the landslide.

总结了1994～2000年问，作者在三峡工程永久船闸高边坡的第一期和第二期位移反分析方面的土要研究成果，包括理论与工程应用、边坡岩体变形机制及其数值模拟方法等。认为位移反分析理论研究很重要，但是由于岩体变形的非连续性，工程应用上应该加强岩体的宏观变形行为及其数值模拟方法的研究。就三峡工程的块状结构边坡而言，岩体的变形主要由松动区的变形构成，在变形分析中将松动区等效为一种弱化的线弹性材料，模拟其宏观变形行为是合适的。

滑带土抗剪强度是滑坡稳定性分析和防治工程设计中十分重要而又难于确定的参数之一。因此，基于临界状态假定的二维反分析方法得到了广泛应用。但是，自然界发生的滑坡基本上呈三维形态，其主滑方向有时变化也较大，使得有必要研究一种滑带土抗剪强度的三维反分析方法和滑坡稳定性的三维评价方法。笔者建议了一种基于强度折减概念的滑带土抗剪强度反分析方法，即通过逐步折减滑动面的强度参数，使滑动面的塑性区完全贯通，此时，塌滑体处于极限状态，所用强度参数即为滑带土的平均抗剪强度参数。从洪家渡水电站1#塌滑体计算成果来看，反演的滑带土摩擦角较二维反演值低4.1°，反映了滑坡体的三维效应，验证了所建议方法的可行性。