Issue 1
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD | New age of forest engineering | Hideo SAKAI | １ |
| ARTICLE | Current states and challenges in adopting the Hiyoshi-style integrated forest management | Tomomi SAKAMOTO, Masami SHIBA and Makoto KAWAMURA | 3-10 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Improving the efficiency of forest surveys using GPS and a laser distance meter | Nobuhiro MIZUTA | 11-16 |
| NOTE | Record of the Lecture “Forest Harvesting Trends and Small Scale Forest Management in the USA Pacific Northwest” by Loren Kellogg, the Professor of Oregon State University | Rin SAKURAI | 17-19 |
| NOTE | Report on the field meeting of JFES | Michiharu KONDO | 21-25 |
| NOTE | Report on the symposium of the field meeting of JFES | Michiharu KONDO | 27-31 |
Issue 2
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUMMARY OF STUDIES RECIEVED 2007 JFES PRIZE | Studies on the design of H-type cable yarding systems | Minoru KONDO | 39 |
| ARTICLE | DeltaForest: a navigation system for the forest resources monitoring project using PDA and GPS | Yasuyuki TACHIKI, Tetsuhiko YOSHIMURA, Hisashi HASEGAWA, Tetsuro SAKAI and Futoshi NAKAMURA | 41-52 |
| ARTICLE | Operation Analysis and Improvement of a Logging System Using High-performance Forestry Machines in a Mature Forest | Tomoaki ISHIKAWA, Takehiko TSUJIBATA, Akihiro MATSUSHITA, Akemi ITAYA, Kiyomi HAMAMOTO and Takahiko TSUJIBATA | 53-62 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Comparison of site preparation costs between new excavator-based Bush Cutter and conventional methods | Masahiko NAKAGAWA and Ken SAKURAI | 63-66 |
| NOTE | Report on the 15th Workshop of Forest Production System | Yozo YAMADA | 67-69 |
| NOTE | Speeches of the symposium of the 15th Workshop on Forest Production System | Minoru KONDO | 71-76 |
| NOTE | Discussion of the symposium of the 15th Workshop on Forest Production System | Tomoaki ISHIKAWA | 77-80 |
| NOTE | Report on the symposium of the Japan Forest Engineering Society 2008 -A problem awaiting solution on forest roads- -Functions of forest roads accomplish subcompartment control and base equation for formation -The role of forest road networks in high productivity yarding system -Evaluation of empirical techniques to make forest roads -Maintenance methods of forest roads against natural disasters -Note of debate |
Hirohiko MINEMATSU and Masahiro IWAOKA Hirohiko MINEMATSU Toshiaki TASAKA Shuji UMEDA Tetsuro SAKAI Masahiko NAKAZAWA |
81-111 |
| NOTE | A trial of International Field Science Training on 2007: A new curriculum on international coorporation of Faculty of Agriculutre, Kochi University | Yasushi SUZUKI | 113-116 |
Issue 3 Special Issue: Renovative movements on mechanized forestry
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREWORD FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Introduction of the special issue “New mechanization” | Toshio NITAMI | 133-134 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Development of follow travel controller of forwarder | Masahiro MOZUNA, Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya SASAKI and Masaru OKA | 135-140 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Development of a rail type logging machine with grapple crane | Masaki JINKAWA, Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI, Kuniaki FURUKAWA, Akira OUCHI, Takami HATANO, Toshiaki SATAKE and Keiji HOURAI | 141-148 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Development of a pair of new yarding carriages with automatic load exchanging mechanism and switch back function | Toshiaki TASAKA, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Akira NISHIKAWA and Toshihiko YAMASAKI | 149-156 |
| ARTICLE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Application of auto-landing control in self-propelled carriage to log | Takayuki ITO and Takumi UEMURA | 157-168 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Innovative double long arm vehicle system for log harvesting operation | Toshio NITAMI and Satoshi ABE | 169-174 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE FOR SPECIAL ISSUE | Volume reduction of forest biomass with large scale bundling machine | Masaru MURAKAMI and Takanobu YAMADA | 175-178 |
| ARTICLE | Growth status of lower-story Hinoki trees five growth periods after damage from upper-story thinning in a multi-storied stand | Michiharu KONDO, Makoto IMAI, Masato YAMANOUCHI and Tatsuya SASAKI | 179-188 |
| ARTICLE | Comparison of local forestry operations in the Higashimikawa Forest Planning Area of Aichi Prefecture | Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Takeshi MATSUMOTO and Yozo YAMADA | 189-200 |
| NOTE | Report on the 3rd Forest Engineering Conference | Kazuhiro ARUGA | 201-206 |
| NOTE | Report on the IUFRO All-D3-Conference 2008 "Pathways to Environmentally Sound Technologies for Natural Resource Use" (research meeting section) | Hisashi HASEGAWA, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Akemi ITAYA, Masahiro IWAOKA, Rin SAKURAI, Tatsuya SASAKI, Hidenori SUZUKI, Yasushi SUZUKI, Toshio NITAMI, Mitsuhiro NOSE and Hirokazu YAMAGUCHI | 207-214 |
| NOTE | Report on the IUFRO All-D3-Conference 2008 ”Pathways to Environmentally Sound Technologies for Natural Resource Use” (excursion section) |
Rin SAKURAI | 215-218 |
| NOTE | Report on the exhibition by JFES at Forestry Machine Show 2008 | Takayuki ITO | 219-221 |
Issue 4
| Article type | Title | Authors | page |
|---|---|---|---|
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Discussion on the problems of the support projects for getting employed in forestry | Ryota YOSHIDOMI, Takuyuki YOSHIOKA, Katsuaki SUGIURA and Koki INOUE | 223-226 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Feasibility of integrating fragmented, small-size, and dispersed private forest areas-A case study on the Odawara City Forest Owners’ Association, Kanagawa Prefecture- | Takuyuki YOSHIOKA, Tatsuo KOBAYASHI, Katsuaki SUGIURA and Koki INOUE | 227-232 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Research on running route extraction technique for forwarder using stereo image processing | Ryosuke SHIRATORI, Yusuke MORI, Kazuhiro ARUGA and Toshiaki TASAKA | 233-237 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | A study on planting operation by the containerized seedlings planting machine | Takeshi YAMADA, Shozo SASAKI, Toshiaki ENDO and Koji KONDO | 239-242 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Design for system and the cost of forest wood biomass harvesting | Toshio NITAMI, Takao IIZAWA and Satoshi ABE | 243-246 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Development of assistive device which cut down a tree using chain saw | Tomoaki ISHIKAWA, Akemi ITAYA, Tomohiro UEO, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Masatomi NITTA and Yutaka YURUGI | 247-250 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Select of brush-cutters and blades in brush-cutter operation | Jun KASHIMA, Takumi UEMURA and Masaru OKA | 251-254 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | The possibility of using synthetic rope in yarding operation | Ryo FUKUI, Kazuya SUGIMOTO, Kazumi OTSUKA, Hisashi HASEGAWA and Taeko MAEDA | 255-258 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Influence of cutting rate on the area where trees can be skidded with a single wire rope directly to skidding road | Yoshiaki TANAKA, Masaru OKA, Chikashi YOSHIDA, Koji KONDO, Masahiko NAKAZAWA, Nobuyuki TSUZUKI and Eiji KODANI | 259-262 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Application of granular solid made from paper sludge ash as the roadbed materials of a strip road | Kenzo YOGI, Mitsuo KAWAMOTO, Masatada MIYOSHI and Takashi MATSUO | 263-266 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Development on the algorithm for automatic establishment of strip road networks in a privately-owned forest, Kanuma City, Tochigi Prefecture - using the method to maximize the cost-benefit ratio - | Kazuhiro ARUGA, Kaname ITO, Yusuke MORI, Masashi SAITO and Toshiaki TASAKA | 267-271 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL REPORT | Development of the automatic forest roads design system as a terrain acceptable type using high - resolution DTM | Masashi SAITO, Kazuhiro ARUGA, Toshiaki TASAKA and Keigo MATUE | 273-276 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | A consideration about raising funds for the cost of road works before thinning operation | Mariko TANAKA | 277-280 |
| RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL NOTE | Experiment of the crushing branches and drying by rejection heat of chip boiler before combustion | Akiyoshi KANNO and Masayuki OZAWA | 281-284 |