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This section presents a brief account of the development and application of seismic (or base) isolation in Europe. It appears that the first documented attempts to mitigate seismic hazard by seismic isolation were made in Europe.
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Constantinou, M.C. (1994). Seismic Isolation Development in Europe. In: Soong, T.T., Costantinou, M.C. (eds) Passive and Active Structural Vibration Control in Civil Engineering. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 345. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3012-4_9
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