REVIEW |
Shinji KONISHI
Structures Technology Division has been researching and developing practicable technology for design and
maintenance of railway structures. The principal objectives of the activity are to establish design standards, reduce
construction costs and improve maintenance, earthquake-resistant design, seismic retrofitting and environmental
technologies.
This paper describes the status-quo and perspective of our research and development with several examples.
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