Abstract:Silt has special engineering characteristics between clay and sand. To study the dynamic response of silt subgrade under long-term traffic loads, a dynamic FEM analysis based on a constitutive model that can describe the developing process of accumulated deformation was conducted. It is shown that large accumulated deformation occurs during the long-term traffic loading process. The additional stress transferred to the silt subgrade decreases greatly when passing through the pavement structure. Then, the addition stress decreases further to about 10% of the maximum additional stress within the silt subgrade with the thickness of 1.5m. Therefore, the subgrade with the thickness of 1.5m can be considered as the principal working area to sustain the traffic loads.