Recent development on seismic isolation, energy dissipation, passive and semi-active control of structures in P. R. China

This paper describes the most recent state of researches and application development on seismic isolation, energy dissipation, passive tuned mass damper and semi-active control which is based on the energy dissipation for structures. The paper will briefly describe the principle theory, testing and analysis, application on new design or existed buildings, bridges, facilities and other structures using the technique of seismic control of structures in China.