Abstract: Based on seismic damage control design strategies, a kind of new energy dissipation subsidiary piers is proposed. In order to investigate the seismic performance of subsidiary piers and protect the towers of long span cable-stayed bridges under a strong earthquake, various parameters of subsidiary piers are analyzed employing a nonlinear static analysis method in this paper. The influences of the parameters which include dimensions and spacing of columns, dimensions, numbers and spacing of shear links on the seismic performance of subsidiary piers are discussed. The results show that appropriate stiffness ratio of columns and shear links is needed, and the distance between columns satisfies the requirement of the shear yield of shear links, and the influence of the layout fashion of shear links is ignored.