Base isolation as passive control of seismic response of structures

Summary T h i s paper d e a l s w i t h questions of s e i s m i c response of earthquake r e s i s t a n t s t r u c t u r e s and the f u n c t i o n of design methods. We focus on the d i f f e r e n c e between t r a d i t i o n a l and modern earthquake r e s i s t i n g design methods.