• K. Saroja Rani
• P.V.V.SATYANARAYANA
• G.Mounica

Soil collapse takes place when dry soil mass inundated with water. Which increases moisture content in the soil mass. This increased moisture causes breaking of chemical and physical bonds between the soil particles which allow the structure of the soil to collapse. These soils show relatively high apparent strength in their dry state and sudden loss of strength on wetting. Collapse characteristics contribute various problems to infrastructures that are constructed on red soils. Identifying these soils with respect to the degree of collapsibility can reduce the risk of distress when structures founded on these soils. In this study to understand the geotechnical properties of red soils which causes collapsibility. An attempt is made with 10 red soils from various locations with the geotechnical characteristics to relate the collapsibility has been studied by considering parameters like water content, dry density, saturation moisture content, void ratio and porosity etc. The degree of collapsibility of these soils are explained with existing models.

Collapse, Geotechnical Characteristics, Parameters

"ROLE OF INDEX PROPERTIES IN PREDICTING COLLAPSIBLE BEHAVIOUR OF RED SOILS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.337-343, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901345.pdf

"ROLE OF INDEX PROPERTIES IN PREDICTING COLLAPSIBLE BEHAVIOUR OF RED SOILS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp337-343, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901345.pdf