QR (Quarterly Report of RTRI)

PERSPECTIVES

• Trends and Recent Studies on Hybrid Railway Vehicles

  Takamitsu YAMAMOTOP1

• Recent Trend of Research and Development on Materials for Railway

  Yasutomo SONEP6

• Improvement of Anti-catastrophe Performance — Measures for Unanticipated Earthquake —

  Yoshitaka MURONOP10

PAPERS

• Improvement of the Lateral Ride Comfort on Railway Vehicles by Application of Pneumatic Actuators for Centering

  Kotaro ISHIGURI，Akihito KAZATO，Kohei MIYAHARA，Masataka NIIYAMA，Katsumi SASAKIP14

• Method of Calculating Running Resistance by the Use of the Train Data Collection Device

  Tomoyuki OGAWA，Shinichi MANABE，Gaku YOSHIKAWA，Yoichi IMAMURA，Masahisa KAGEYAMAP21

• Improvement of Response and Efficiency of Railway Air Brake System by Modifying Software for Control

  Shin-ichi NAKAZAWA，Daisuke HIJIKATAP28

• Simple Evaluation of Water Permeability of Cover-concrete Using a Water Spray Method

  Sohei NISHIOP36

• Application of Piezoelectric Rubber Sensor for Rolling Stock

  Shogo MAMADA，Naoyuki YAGUCHI，Sho YAMANAKA，Ryo NOGIMURA，Mineyuki ASAHINA，Yoshiaki OKAMURAP43

• Development and Evaluation of Rail Steel Grade for Damage Restraint to High Rail in Curve Sections

  Yoshikazu KANEMATSU，Motohide MATSUI，Masahiro TSUIJIEP50

• Development of an Earthquake Disaster Simulator for Railways

  Jun IZAWA，Kimitoshi SAKAI，Hiroki MOTOYAMA，Yoshitaka MURONOP57

• Development of Seismograph Equipped with Improved Algorithm for Earthquake Early Warning

  Shunroku YAMAMOTO，Naoyasu IWATAP65

• Evaluation of the Damping Properties of Railway Structures

  Kazunori WADA，Kohei IIDA，Akihiro TOYOOKA，Yoshitaka MURONOP70

SUMMARIES

• Summaries of RTRI REPORT (in Japanese)

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ANNUAL INDEX

• Annual Index: Subjects Vol.58, No.1 (2017)

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