INVESTIGATION OF THE FUNCTION OF A SHIFTING SAND CONTROL FOREST BETWEEN KOYAMA AND SUETSUNE ON THE SAN-IN LINE

The report relates to the investigation of the function of a shifting sand control forest in JNR. As intensive changes have been observed of the environmental conditions along the railway lines, a windblown sand control forest must be maintained according to compromising variations. The investigation presented here was conducted to evaluate the efficiency of preventive function of the existing forest and to determine the width of forest which is proper for the actual environmental conditions by means of the climatic survey of the area concerned, calculated and observed quantity of sand blown from the windward, the wind control function of the forest, etc.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Ken-yusha, Incorporated

  1-45-6 Hikari-cho, Kokubunji-shi
  Tokyo,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • IMAI, T
  • Arai, H
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Technical Research Institute, Quarterly Reports
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Railway Technical Research Institute/Tetsudo Gijutsu Kenkyujo
  • ISSN: 0033-9008
  • Serial URL: http://www.rtri.or.jp/eng/

Subject/Index Terms

• Identifier Terms: Nihon kokuyu tetsudo
• Old TRIS Terms: Sand fences
• Subject Areas: Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053737
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Railway Technical Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Quart Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1974 12:00AM