Seismic Protection of Structures Using Hydraulic Damper Devices

Abstract

In recent years, much attention has been paid to the research and development of structural control techniques with particular emphasis on alleviation of wind and seismic responses of structures. Structural control in civil engineering has been developed from the concept into a workable technology and applied into practical engineering structures. The aim of this paper is to review a state of the art of researches and applications of structural control in civil engineering. It includes the passive control using hydraulic damper devices as diagrams of displacement and acceleration of main parts of system.