Abstract
Up to now, it has been found experimentally and theoretically that soilbags have extremely high strength. They have already been applied to construct permanent structures. It has been reported from several construction sites that the vibration of the buildings induced by the traffic is reduced greatly after the reinforcement of their ground foundations by soilbags. In this study, a series of experiments were performed to investigate the applicability of using soilbags to reduce environmental vibrations. In general the vibration reduction measures are taken at the place of vibration source, on the propagation path and at the place of vibration reception. The tests were carried out by arranging soilbags with different arrangement in the three differnt places. It is found that soilbags arranged in each of the three places are effective to reduce vibrations.
