Both site investigation and technical paper review are made of the current situation of aluminum rolling stock in Europe,involving the application of various materials for railcars,application of alminum components to railcars,aluminum alloy materials used in railcars,manufacturing techologies for aluminum railcars and their maintenance.

The developments of beverage can aluminum alloy sheets and car aluminum alloys in foreign countries were commented.

Current development of the coatings for high speed rolling stock;

Development of a new type brake disc for rolling stock;

The causes to derailment,overturning accidents of rolling stock are analyzed.

With the increasing in speed and load of railway car, the dynamic performance of railway car and its components are demanded higher.

In order to develop the inverters for railway cars which have high performance and can meet requirements of the 21st century,the latest power appliance in the world——intellectual module with high voltage endurance(HVIPM)——is applied by the Japan Railway,thus,the point type inverter is changed into the two point type,the electric circ.

The design of rubber parts in railway vehicles with finite-element analysis;

Self-powered active lateral suspension system of railway vehicle;

Dynamic characteristic of new hydro-pneumatic buffer for railway vehicle;