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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem by integrating the features of a joining hardware to be small in size: a seismic-control device for a house is usually installed on a diagonal brace and the vicinity of joining the main structural members such as columns and sills, and these joining sections, having hold-down hardware, battledore hardware, etc. for joining the main structural members, make duplicated installation difficult. Ž<P>SOLUTION: A structure includes a metal plate 1C joined to the end of the diagonal brace 6 of the house, a metal plate 1A joined to a column 7, a metal plate 1D joined to a sill 8 or beam and a viscoelastic body interposed among the three sheets of the metal plates. When a wall formed by the column 7, the sill 8 and the beam is deformed through the vibrations energy of a quake and when the diagonal brace 6 is displaced through the tension or compression induced by the deformation of the wall, the individual metal plates are displaced to each other, and the viscoelastic body converts the vibration energy primarily into kinetic energy and thermal energy induced through the displacement. Thus, the structure is provided with a vibration-control function for damping of the quake. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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