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

Toshishige FUJII; Tatsuo MAEDA; Hiroaki ISHIDA; Toshiaki IMAI; Katsuji TANEMOTO; Minoru SUZUKI

doi:10.2219/rtriqr.40.50

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

Toshishige FUJII, Tatsuo MAEDA, Hiroaki ISHIDA, Toshiaki IMAI, Katsuji TANEMOTO, Minoru SUZUKI

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Keywords: Strong winds, overturning of train vehicle, regulation of operation, aerodynamic force, measures against strong winds, wind fence

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1999 Volume 40 Issue 1 Pages 50-55

DOI https://doi.org/10.2219/rtriqr.40.50

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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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