JR-EAST:Research and Development

Technical Review

JR EAST Technical Review No.02-Summer.2003

We published this JR East Technical Review to provide information of our R&D. We expect more people be informed about the characteristics of our R&D, and thereby to encourage people to suggest how the progress can be made if new technologies are applied at our R&D efforts.

CONTENTS [Innovation of Maintenance]

Special feature article

Maintenance Age
President of the Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Hiroyuki Yoshikawa

[PDF/37KB]

Innovation of Maintenance
Toward the World's Top Level Maintenance Technologies
Director of Technical Center, Research and Development Center of JR East Group

Hiroaki Inazu

[PDF/189KB]

Interpretive article

High-Speed Track Inspection Technologies
*Technical Center, Research and Development Center of JR East Group
**Aomori Maintenance Technology Center (Former Technical Center)

Shigeaki Ono*, Akio Numakura** and Tatsuo Odaka*

[PDF/173KB]

Concrete Structures and Nondestructive Testing
*Niigata Branch Office (Former Technical Center)
**Technical Center, Research and Development Center of JR East Group

Hiroyuki Morishima* and Tatsuo Odaka**

[PDF/174KB]

Special edition paper

Development of a New Spring Type Tensioning Device for Shinkansen

Hiroshi Tsukagoshi and Nobuyuki Hirota

[PDF/121KB]

Innovation of Turnout and Switch Machine System
- Next Generation Turnout (NGT)

Yuichiro Hori, Kazue Yasuoka, Minoru Obi, Toshiyuki Kaji,
Tatsuo Odaka and Koji Motohashi

[PDF/167KB]

CONTENTS [The Challenge to Safety]

Special feature article

Preventing Accidents through Dialog with the World of the "Unconscious"
Aviation Safety Consultant

Hidetake Sakuma

[PDF/37KB]

Toward the "World's Safest Railway" that Passengers can Ride Free from Anxiety
General Manager of Shinkansen Transport Department. (Former General Manager of Transport Safety Department)

Norihiko Mandai

[PDF/351KB]

Interpretive article

Research and Development for Eliminating Wheelclimb Derailment Accidents
Safety Research Laboratory, Research and Development Center of JR East Group

Kiyoshi Ohno

[PDF/79KB]

Challenge to Predict Natural Disasters and Current Status of Research
Safety Research Laboratory, Research and Development Center of JR East Group

Makoto Shimamura

[PDF/51KB]

Special edition paper

Development of a Continuous Measuring System for Contact Position between Wheel and Rail toward Clarification of Derailment Mechanism

Hiromichi Kanehara and Kiyoshi Ohno

[PDF/257KB]

Study of a Strong Wind Warning System

Noritoshi Kobayashi and Makoto Shimamura

[PDF/129KB]

D evelopment of Image Processing Type Fallen Passenger Detecting System

Yuichi Sasaki and Noboru Hiura

[PDF/245KB]

We are looking forward for many suggestions and advices. If you have any further questions about the JR East Technical Review, please feel free to contact us.

For Inquiries:
E-mail:tech-review2@jreast.co.jp
Editors of JR East Technical Review
Technology and Planning Department
East Japan Railway Company
2-2 Yoyogi 2cho-me, Sibuya-ku Tokyo 151-8578, Japan

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