The document discusses vibration damping using the energy method. It introduces modeling of a mass-spring system and calculating its kinetic and potential energy. The conservation of energy principle for such systems is explained. The natural frequency can be determined directly from the maximum kinetic and potential energies. Viscous damping is then introduced through a dashpot model. The equation of motion is derived for a damped single degree of freedom spring-mass system. Depending on the damping ratio, the system response can be over-damped, critically damped, or under-damped. Examples of each case are shown. Design of damping for vibration control is demonstrated through an example problem.