REVIEW

Recent Research on and Prospects of the Disaster Prevention Technology

Takehiro OHTA (1)

PAPERS

A Method for Evaluating the Safety of a Railway Vehicle under Strong Winds in Consideration of Wind Directions

Keiji ARAKI, Saki TANIMOTO, Takaaki FUKUHARA (5)

Method of Predicting the Snow Accretion Amount on Train Bogies in Consideration of Snow Properties on the Track

Yasushi KAMATA, Daisuke TAKAHASHI, Yasushi KURIHARA, Akira YOKOKURA, Shigehiro IIKURA (11)

Easy Selection of Unstable Slopes Based on Topographical and Geological Conditions

Yuichiro NISHIKANE, Takeshi KAWAGOE, Takuya URAKOSHI, Tomokazu ISHIHARA, (17)

Stability Analysis of Slope Surface Layers Extending over a Wide Area under Rainfall Condition in Consideration of the Dependence of the Soil Cohesion on the Degree of the Soil Saturation

Osamu NUNOKAWA, Yoshifumi ASANO, Shunzo KAWAJIRI (23)

Nomogram for the Execution Specification of Drain Pipes for Earthfills

Satoshi WATANABE, Naoyuki OTA, Mototsugu NISHIDA, Yoshifumi ASANO, (29)

Data Processing for the Application of Ocean-bottomed Seismographs to the Earthquake Early Warning in the Railway Field

Hiroyuki MIYAKOSHI, Shunroku YAMAMOTO, Akihiro GION, Masaki KAMIYAMA, Shuichi TAYA, Atsushi WATANABE, Takashi KUNUGI (35)

Evaluation of the Re-liquefaction Behavior of the Ground due to the Occurrence of Aftershocks Following a Main Shock

Kyohei UEDA, Jun IZAWA, Yoshitaka MURONO (41)

RESEARCH REPORT

A Case Study of Disasters due to Volcanic Activities and Countermeasures against Them in Railway of Japan

Takuya URAKOSHI, Yuichiro NISHIKANE, Takeshi KAWAGOE (47)