Earthquake-Resistant Design with Rubber

My involvement in the use of natural rubber as a method for the protec­ 1976. At that time, tion of buildings against earthquake attack began in I was working on the development of energy-dissipating devices for the same purpose and had developed and tested a device that was even­ tually used in a stepping-bridge structure, this being a form of partial isolation. It became clear to me that in orde...