Seismic Protection of Structures Using Vibration Controlling Devices: A Review

Past earthquake record depicts there is a significant increase in human loss, structural as well as economic losses. The current seismic design philosophy for building and infrastructures should be changed from lifesaving to business continuity for modern and resilient societies. Structure should be designed to be quickly restored to full operation with minimal disruption and low cost following a large earthquake. Analysis of this earthquakes show that a large number of existing structure need to be upgrade for their seismic action with new seismic design. This paper attempts the review of different aspects related to seismic design with various vibration controlling devices. Designing philosophy and case studies are discussed in this literature. Summarizing, it gives the total idea of the different literature review and recent research works summary.