QR (Quarterly Report of RTRI)

PERSPECTIVES

• Trends in Energy-saving Technology for Multiple Units from the Viewpoint of the Energy Consumption Rates of Railway Companies in Japan

  H.HATAP77

• Issues Relating to and Possible Approaches for Developing Natural Disaster Countermeasures

  N.OTAP81

• Research and Development Trends regarding Countermeasures to Prevent “Earthquake-related Events”

  Y.MURONOP86

PAPERS

• Method for Evaluating Brake Friction Materials Using High-temperature Friction Test Apparatus

  H.NISHIMORI, K.MATSUOKAP90

• Influence of Excitation Condition on Evaluating Critical Hunting Speed

  Y.YAMANAGA, K.KIDOP97

• Construction of Railway Vehicle Simulation Model Taking into Account Air Springs Deflation

  T.IIDA, K.NOZAKI, T.TANAKAP103

• Heavy Rainfall-induced Disaster-mitigation System for Railways Based on Precipitation Forecast Data

  T.URAKOSHI, T.KAWAGOE, S.WATANABE, N.OZAKIP109

• Method for Simulating the Impact of Runoff-inundation / Short Localized Downpours in the Vicinity of Railway Tracks

  R.MANOME, S.WATANABE, T.YUASAP115

• Predicted Rainfall Evaluation Method to Prevent Underestimation of Predicted Small River Flooding

  T.FUKUHARA, K.TAKAMI, Y.KAMATAP120

• Proposal of Evaluation Method for Anti-catastrophe Resistance for Railway Structures

  K.TANAKA, Y.MURONO, K.SAKAIP127

• Earthquake Early Warning Using Ocean Bottom Seismic Data for Railways

  M.KORENAGA, S.YAMAMOTO, S.NODA, S.AOIP134

• Proposal of a New Type of Rigid-frame Viaduct Insusceptible to a Reverse Fault

  A.HINO, Y.MURONO, N.OSHIDAP140

SUMMARIES

• Summaries of RTRI REPORT (in Japanese)

  P146

ANNUAL INDEX

• Annual Index: Subjects Vol.60, No.1 - No.2 (2019)

  P150