State-of-the-Art Review of Energy-Based Seismic Design Methods

This paper presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of the research carried out on the energy-based structural seismic design methods. Since earthquake exerts energy to the structure, it is realistic to use the energy as the main design criteria of the structure. The energy-based seismic design method is based on the concept of energy balance in the structures, which states that the earthquake input energy to the structure must be less than its capacity to dissipate the energy; otherwise, local or global damage will occur. Although the energy-based design method has received increasing attention in recent years, it has not yet become an applicable engineering design procedure. This could be due to the lack of specified and reliable criteria for this method. This paper is intended to provide the reader with a thorough review of energy-based seismic design methods, highlighting the unresolved issues and identifying the gaps that will require attention in future research.