Assessment and Code Considerations for the Combined Effect of  Seismic Base Isolation and Viscoelastic Dampers

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="861451.fig.004a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2011/861451/figures/861451.fig.004a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Viscoelastic solid or fluid device</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="861451.fig.004b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2011/861451/figures/861451.fig.004b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Viscous fluid device</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Idealized force-displacement loops of viscoelastic energy dissipation devices.</table>

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Figure 4: Assessment and Code Considerations for the Combined Effect of  Seismic Base Isolation and Viscoelastic Dampers 