Abstract:The small strain hardening soil (HSS) model can effectively reflect the compressive hardening characteristics and small strain characteristics of soil, which is very suitable for the numerical simulation calculation of loess foundation pit. But, the HSS model contains 11 parameters of the hardening soil (HS) model and 2 small strain parameters, and these two small strain parameters are often determined by experimental methods, and the acquisition process is complex. In order to discuss the prediction methods of small strain parameters, the BP neural network model optimized by genetic algorithm, namely GA-BP neural network model, is adopted. Firstly, 49 groups of displacement data are obtained by the numerical simulation calculation according to the preset small strain parameter level. Then the obtained data are used for the training of GA-BP neural network. After the prediction error of GA-BP neural network reaches the requirement, the small strain parameters are obtained by using the actual displacement data inversion. Finally, the numerical simulation is carried out for the small strain parameters according to the prediction. The result shows that the small strain parameters predicted by GA-BP neural network perform well in the calculations of the maximum level of foundation pit support structure and the maximum settlement of earth surface, which can be used for the practical projects.