Abstract：Mechanical vibration technology in engineering application (MVTEA) belongs to a comprehensive technology of multi-discipline，which has stretched to many fields in civil engineering. Its effects and prospects have increasingly caught many scholars¢ attentions in academic and engineering fields. Through near a hundred years，MVTEA has ripened and formed a technological and theoretical system of itself characteristic. MVTEA includes some typical vibration technologies，such as technology of vibration compacting foundation，technology of vibration compacting in pouring concrete engineering，technology of vibration driving pile，vibrofloatation，block vibration molding technology，technology of percussion drilling，and dynamic test technology. According to the properties of the typical vibration technologies，the progresses and present situations of MVTEA are introduced in detail. The key theories and technologies of MVTEA are preliminarily summed up and some critical scientific problems for further research are presented.
