“…Seismic response analyses for the entire structure with the dampers, and for the secondary system Soong and Chen, 1989;Soong et al, 1989a, b;Chen and Soong, 1988a, b), subjected to minor, moderate and rare earthquakes as specifi ed in the Chinese Seismic Code, respectively, shows that the responses of the structure were signifi cantly reduced (Chen and Cao, 2009). In the seismic response analysis and economic analysis following four cases were considered and compared:…”