
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Effectiveness of seismic protection by added damping: An energy approach
I. Ladar, O. Prodan & N. Chira
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
ABSTRACT: The contribution proposes an analytical tool to assess the energy demand to be used in energy
based structural design. While added damping may reduce this amount of energy, the designer is, still, uncertain
of its efficacy. Proposed technique allows for an immediate and simple check of this efficacy. Several numerical
studies havebeen performed ...