Issue 1
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD | On the incorporation of the national universities | Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | １-2 |
| ARTICLE | Temperature and humidity inside protective clothes for chain saws | Yuki IMATOMI and Jun KASHIMA | 3-12 |
| ARTICLE | Endogenous development and Utilization of Biomass | Yasuo KOUNAMI | 13-18 |
| ARTICLE | Examination of the index of fatigue for mini forwarder operators | Bum-Jin PARK, JaeHeun OH, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Toshio NITAMI and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 19-26 |
| ARTICLE | Work efficiency and workload between manual work and mechanical work in pruning | Yoshihiko TAKIMOTO and Hideki ICHIMURA | 27-34 |
| ARTICLE | Effectiveness of mask setting for autonomous GPS positioning in forests | Katsuhiko YONETSU and Hisashi HASEGAWA | 35-42 |
| ARTICLE | The possibility of a sawing residue as wood biomass energy and a reduction of carbon dioxide | Yoshinori KAWASHIMA, Masahiro IWAOKA and Hirohiko MINEMATSU | 43-48 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Application of airborne laser scanner to forest road survey | Kazuhiro ARUGA and Edwin S. MIYATA | 49-54 |
| ABSTRACT | From plantation towards close-to-nature forestry | Hideo SAKAI | 55-60 |
| ABSTRACT | Logging residues from regeneration fellings for biofuel production -a GIS-based availability analysis- | Yutaka TATE and Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 61-66 |
| NOTE | Report on the IEA Bioenergy Task 31 Annual Workshop 2003 | Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 67-72 |
| NOTE | International Expert Meeting on the Development and Implementation of National Codes of Practice for Forest Harvesting -Issues and options- | Katsuhiro KITAGAWA | 73-76 |
| NOTE | Development and Utilization of GIS in Washington, USA | Kazuhiro ARUGA | 77-82 |
Issue 2
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECIEVED 2003 JFES PRIZE | Studies on automatic control of a logging vehicle Development of the support system for the location of ecoroads in forests using aerial photographs The development, improvement and diffusion of self-propelled hoist carriages with the radio control function |
Masahiro MOZUNA Akemi ITAYA Kozo HIRANO |
93-95 |
| ARTICLE | Ride quality evaluation of a small sized forestry machine | Jae-Heun OH, Bum-Jin PARK, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Toshio NITAMI, Du-Song CHA and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 97-106 |
| ARTICLE | Workload during Walking Motion in Pine Resin Harvesting in Java's Plantation Forest | Yoshihiko TAKIMOTO, Efi Yuliati YOVI and Chikanobu MATSUBARA | 107-118 |
| ARTICLE | Construction of planning system for forest roads with ability of yarding | Rin SAKURAI, Toshio NITAMI and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 119-126 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The present conditions and problems about wooden structures for forest conservation, by questionnaire for design engineers | Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shuji UMEDA and Hidenori SUZUKI | 127-134 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Effects of post-processed and real-time DGPS on the precision and accuracy of GPS positioning in forested areas | Tetsuhiko YOSHIMURA and Hisashi HASEGAWA | 135-140 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Development of a Large-Scaled 6-Legged Walking Robot For Weeding on a Steep Terrain | Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Toshimichi TSUMAKI and Hiroshi ARAI | 141-146 |
| ABSTRACT | Forestry Operations in a Sustainable Forestry | Hideo SAKAI | 147-152 |
| NOTE | Report on symposium of the Japan Forest Engineering Society in Tokyo in
2004 -Introduction of report -The trend and strategy of the information technology for forest engineering -Development and Utilization of Forest Information in Washington State, USA -Situation of experiment and research -Expand of competitive research funds in Ministry of Aguriculture, Forestry and Fisheries- -Utilizing residual forest biomass and bamboo -Trials at a regional research cooperation- -Forest resource, its simultaneity to forest environment for the utilization based on open system -Note of debate |
Tetsuro SAKAI Kazuhiro ARUGA Takeshi FUJIWARA Jun'ichi GOTO Toshio NITAMI Editors |
153-170 |
| NOTE | Toward Feasible Utilization of Forest Biomass Resources in Foothill and Mountain area -Report on the 11th Meeting of Forest Harvesting System Study Group- | Yasushi SUZUKI | 171-174 |
| NOTE | The trends on the Science Council of Japan | Katsumi TOYOKAWA | 175-176 |
| BOOK REVIEW | Participation in the FORTECHENVI II conference | Osamu OHKAWABATA | 177 |
Issue 3
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTICLE | Influence of mechanized site preparation on survival of seedings | Takeshi YAMADA, Toshiaki ENDO and Tatsuya SASAKI | 197-203 |
| ARTICLE | Analysis of Forest Improvement, Road Access, and Forest Conditions in Aichi Prefecture, Japan | Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Takeshi MATSUMOTO and Yozo YAMADA | 205-216 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A study on the forest roads for tower yarder logging | Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Hidenori SUZUKI, Shuji UMEDA and Osamu OHKAWABATA | 217-220 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Effective Use of the Thinning of Woods of Japanese Cedar and Cutback of the Cost of Hillside Works -An Example of Hillside Works in the University Forest,The University of Tokyo, Chiba Japan- | Satoru OISHI and Makoto SUZUKI | 221-224 |
| NOTE | A report on rich forests in Iran | Tetsuhiko YOSHIMURA | 225-230 |
| NOTE | 12th International Mountain Logging Conference | Kazuhiro ARUGA | 231-234 |
| NOTE | Report on the 2nd Forest Engineering Conference | Takuyuki YOSHIOKA | 235-240 |
| NOTE | Report of International Science Conference "Forest Engineering : New Techniques, Technologies and Environment" held in Ukraine | Takeshi YAMADA | 241-246 |
| NOTE | Harvesting operations and energy use method of woody biomass -The report of the 4th Japan-Korea Forest Engineering Symposium- | Yuki IMATOMI | 247-250 |
| NOTE | Report on the booth of JFES at Forestry Machine Show in 2004 | Tatsuya SASAKI | 251-253 |
Issue 4
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Influence on the management by possession of the high performance forestry machines | Chikashi YOSHIDA, Koji KONDO, Yoshiaki TANAKA and Masaru OKA | 255-258 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Current Analysis of lease and rental on High Performance Forestry Machines | Tsuyoshi IMAE, Kazuhiro YABE, Kohei ONO and Katsumi TOYOKAWA | 259-262 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A design of an independent and sustainable community at mountain area | Masao TAKANO, Fuyuki TAKAHASHI, Shinya NISHIMURA and Kohei IZUTSU | 263-266 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Positioning of a remote controlled vehicle in forest area | Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Masahiro MOZUNA, Yoshiaki TANAKA, Masaki JINKAWA and Motoki INOUE | 267-270 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | System Dynamics Representation for Forest Operations and the Application -Utilizing Transition Probability of Element Work- | Toshio NITAMI | 271-273 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A wood pellets supply model for self-supporting heat demand in a mountain region -a case study in Toyone Village- | Kohei IZUTSU, Masao TAKANO, Fuyuki TAKAHASHI and Shinya NISHIMURA | 275-278 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The Optimum Road Construction Order for Reducing the Straight Extraction Distance in a Forest | Hidenori SUZUKI, Satoshi YAMAGUCHI, Shuji UMEDA and Osamu OHKAWABATA | 279-282 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A Consideration on the Structure of Forest Road | Hiroshi KOBAYASHI, Toshio NITAMI, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Rin SAKURAI and Naoshige SUGIURA | 283-286 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Development of assistive device for bamboo felling | Takumi UEMURA, Tatsuya SASAKI and Takayuki ITOU | 287-289 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Dangerous factors of pruning used by top handle saw | Jun KASHIMA and Yuki IMATOMI | 291-294 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Application of 3D distinct element method to track shoe model | Yosuke SHIGETA, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Yutaka TATE, Toshio NITAMI and Hiroshi KOBAYASHI | 295-300 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Damages to a natural forest caused by a selective cutting operation in Ikutora, Hokkaido | Shozo SASAKI, Satoshi ISHIBASHI, Gen TAKAO, Masayoshi TAKAHASHI, Shin ABE, Yoshimi SAKAI and Takehiro YAMAGUCHI | 301-304 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | A research on the safety perception of volunteer forestry workers | Rie TANAKA, Tomoaki ISHIKAWA and Tadahisa YAMAZAKI | 305-308 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Timber harvest scheduling and allocation model for simulation long rotation plantation forest management system | Masami SHIBA, Tomoaki ISHIKAWA and Yoshihiko ISHIDOU | 309-314 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | The potentiality of a hauling method using small-sized grapples and vehicles for thinning operations | Tomoaki ISHIKAWA, Riichi HAMAJIMA | 315-318 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Trial calculation of wood chip supply cost for fuel | Seiichi SASAKI, Osamu TADANO, Tadashi HIGASHINO, Hikari FUKAZAWA and Keijiro OGASAWARA | 319-322 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Productivity and cost of the harvesting system of small thinning trees used for fuel chips | Shiro TATSUKAWA Seiichi SASAKI and Isao SAWAGUCHI | 323-326 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Laborsaving and improvement of labor environment on weeding by using mulch sheets | Yuki IMATOMI, Jun KASHIMA, Tetsuya IGARASHI, Koji KONDO and Shin IKEDA | 327-330 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Damage of understory trees caused by line thinning of overstory trees in line multi-storied forest | Michiharu KONDO | 331-333 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Questionnaire investigation about the consumer's opinion of lumber consumption for the domestic timber use in Japan(1) -A case of the second year of Tokyo Univ. of Agric.- | Mariko TANAKA | 335-338 |