ISafety/Reliability
- The setting of standard seismic waves to enable evaluation of the earthquake-resisting performance of existing railway facilities
- A technique to evaluate the earthquake-resisting performance of simple earth structures
- A technique to extract scouring-apprehended bridge piers
- The U-Doppler non-contact vibration measuring system for structural diagnosis
- A track and roadbed displacement monitoring system using a wireless sensor network
- An uninterruptible parallel power source switchover system for Shinkansen changeover sections
- Lightning-strike prevention measures for signal equipment and a technique to evaluate their effect in reducing lightning-related damage
- A technique for a new train operation aptitude test
- A technique to evaluate risk in train operation in consideration of error-inducing factors
IIEconomy/Efficiency
- Lightweight carbon-based contact strips for existing railways
- A technology to introduce a composite structure for the renewal of existing steel bridges
- A tunnel damage monitoring system using IT
- Methods to measure and analyze the dynamic behavior of ballasted tracks in the field
- A freight train driver rescheduling system
IIIRapidity/Convenience
IVHarmonization with the Environment
- Development of contact-wire/battery hybrid trains through the application of a quick battery charging technology
- A system to calculate the volume of energy consumed by diesel vehicles
- Improvement of the aerodynamic characteristics of bluff-nose trains on meter-gauge railway lines
- A technique to reduce pantograph aerodynamic noise by pasting porous material on the surface
- Low-noise steel composite bridges
- A simple technique to estimate the propagation of vibration from railway facilities to buildings
- A technique to estimate rolling noise using a vibration/acoustics model of the track/wheel system
- New concrete with a low environmental load through the use of geopolymer method
- Measures to reduce the electromagnetic field around substations
- A technique to estimate the wayside radio noise radiated from running trains
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