Wind-Induced Accidents of Train/Vehicles and Their Measures in Japan.

Toshishige Fujii(Institute of Disaster Prevention), Tatsuo Maeda(Shanghai Tunnel Engineering (China)), Hiroaki Ishida(Dynamique de l'information génétique : bases fondamentales et cancer), Toshiaki Imai(Institute of Disaster Prevention), Katsuji Tanemoto(Institute of Disaster Prevention), Minoru Suzuki(Shanghai Tunnel Engineering (China))
Quarterly Report of RTRI
January 1, 1999
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Abstract

Since train vehicle accidents caused by strong winds sometimes occur in Japan, Japan railway companies requested the Railway Technical Research Institute to promote research and development of preventive measures. To respond to this request, we have investigated aerodynamic forces acting on train vehicles and characteristics of strong winds and proposed several software and hardware preventive measures. This report presents the results of our investigation and the measures adopted in Japan Railway lines.


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