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Safety/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
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Economy/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
III
Rapidity/Convenience
A low-cost tilting control system
A system to predict train delay and passenger behavior after the revision of train operation diagrams
Behavior of stranded people after large-scale earthquakes
IV
Harmonization 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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Maglev System
Characteristics of a small racetrack-type superconductive coil made of high-temperature superconductive wires
A superconductive magnetic bearing that combines magnets and superconductive bulk bodies