QR (Quarterly Report of RTRI)

PERSPECTIVES

• Trends in Recent Research on Main Circuits and Traction Systems for Railway Vehicles

  T.YAMAMOTOP1

• Problems Related to and Approaches for Developing Countermeasures against Natural Disasters

  N.OTAP6

• The Recent Trends in Research on Contact Phenomena in the Railway System

  M.IKEDAP10

PAPERS

• Abnormality Detection for Auxiliary Drive Shafts on Diesel Cars Using Vibration Condition Monitoring

  M.KONDO, T.TAKASHIGEP15

• Method for Shortening Idle Running Time Using Body Suspension Air Spring Pressure

  S.SAGA, T.HATTORIP22

• Suspended Floor Structure for Reducing Structure-borne Sound of Interior Noise

  T.GOTO, K.YAMAMOTO, M.ASAHINAP29

• Design of Car Body by the Method of Structural Optimization

  M.TAKAGAKI, Y.KATO, T.YAGIP37

• Method for Estimating Outflow from the Bottom of Snowpack

  R.SATO, S.IIKURA, Y.KAMATAP43

• Study on Method to Evaluate Geo-disaster Risk during the Snowmelt Season

  T.TAKAYANAGI, R.SATOP48

• Hazard Mapping Method for Rock Falls Using a Digital Elevation Model

  A.HASEGAWA, T.URAKOSHIP51

• Simple Method for Analyzing Contact between Wheelset Members and Track Structures Using MBD

  K.GOTO, M.SOGABE, M.TANABE, T.WATANABE, M.TOKUNAGAP57

• Influence of Leaves on the Adhesion between Wheel and Rail

  H.CHEN, T.FURUYA, S.FUKAGAI, S.SAGA, K.MURAKAMI, T.BANP65

SUMMARIES

• Summaries of RTRI REPORT (in Japanese)

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ANNUAL INDEX

• Annual Index: Subjects Vol.59, No.1 (2018)

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