PERSPECTIVE

Recent Tendencies in the Maintenance for Ballasted Tracks

Atsushi FURUKAWA (1)

PAPERS

Development of a Movable Nose Crossing for the Shinkansen Made of Rail Steel

Yuya OIKAWA, Yoshihiro TERASHITA, Hajime ITO, Motohide MATSUI, Yoshikazu KANEMATSU, Shigeyuki HARADA (5)

Expansion of the Application Range of the Continuous Welded Rail in the Slab Track

Yuki NISHINOMIYA, Hiroo KATAOKA, Soji HIRAIDE (11)

Fatigue Limit Diagram for Rail Clips Subject to Plastic Deformation

Shingo TAMAGAWA, Tadashi DESHIMARU, Hiroo KATAOKA (17)

Suggestion of Maintenance Level for Deterioration of Cement Asphalt Mortar of Slab-Track

Takatada TAKAHASHI, Yoshitsugu MOMOYA, Hikaru TANIGAWA, Yoshihiko YABUNAKA, Shota FUCHIGAMI (23)

Assessment of Lateral Resistance Force of Ballasted Track during Earthquakes

Takahisa NAKAMURA, Yoshitsugu MOMOYA, Yoshihiko YABUNAKA, Kiyonori NOMURA (29)

Practical Application of Rail Surface Roughness Continuous Measurement Trolley for Maintenance of Rail Corrugation

Hirofumi TANAKA, Atsushi SHIMIZU (35)

Improvement of the Accuracy of the Method for Measuring the Axial Force of a Rail Based on the Natural Furequency

Fumihiro URAKAWA, Kazuhisa ABE, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI (41)

Developing an Efficient Method of Applying High-Frequency Measured Track Inspection Data to Diagnosis of Track Condition and Establishment of Optimal Track Maintenance Strategy

Kosuke SANO, Masashi MIWA, Tsuyoshi YAMAGUCHI, Takafumi YOSHIDA, Kenta YASAKA, Kazuhiro SAKAGUCHI (47)

Cause Investigation and Prevention Measures of Surface Defect of Thermit Welds

Yoshihiro TERASHITA, Ryu-ichi YAMAMOTO, Mitsumasa TATSUMI, Hajime ITO, Kazuyuki UMENAI (53)