Katsuyoshi UEYAMA
The material technology are common and fundamental to each technological field in the railway industry, which consists of rolling stock, structures, trolley wires and tracks, etc. This paper outlines the present and future subjects for material technologies at the Railway Technical Research Institute. The materials for the railway industry have been developed mainly by improving of conventional materials, but in the future, however, new materials and material technologies are expected to create new functions for the railway system, and are useful for the preservation and protection of global environment.
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