Vol. 55 No. 6 CONTENTS

Review paper (Vol.55 No.6)

Biomass/Plastics Composite Materials |A Series of Efforts Toward the Development of the Composites in our Laboratory

Mariko YOSHIOKA

537

Original Paper (Vol.55 No.6)

Initiation and Growth Behavior of Small Fatigue Cracks in Ultra-Fine Grained P/M Aluminum Alloy at Elevated Temperatures

Atsushi SUGETA, Yoshihiko UEMATSU, Munehiro YASUDA and Masahiro JONO

545

Evaluation of Fatigue Crack Propagation Property on the Wheelseat of Normalized Axles for Narrow Gauge Line Vehicles

Hiromichi ISHIDUKA, Masanobu KUBOTA, Chu SAKAE, Yoshiyuki KONDO, Yasuo SATO and Kazunari MAKINO

550

Microstructure, High Temperature Strength and CO-Gas Emission of Liquid-Phase Sintered and Forged Low Oxygen TiC-ZrC-Mo Alloy

Hitoshi AOYAMA, Shinichi YAMAMOTO, Yukio MIYASHITA and Yoshiharu MUTOH

558

Flexural Strength of Pavement Concrete with High Volume Fly Ash

Yasuhiro KATOH, Sumio HAMADA, Takao ICHIOKA and Ryota KOBAYASHI

563

Analysis of In-plane Shear Behavior of Wood Based Panels by Digital Image Correlation

Michiharu IKEDA, Minoru MASUDA, Koji MURATA and Seiichiro UKYO

569

Relationship between Stress-Wave Velocity of Standing Tree and Wood Quality in 27-Year-Old Hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa Endl.)

Futoshi ISHIGURI, Mari KAWASHIMA, Kazuya IIZUKA, Shinso YOKOTA and Nobuo YOSHIZAWA

576

Development of Flexible Sound-Proof Materials

Enjie LU, Naoya KURAHASHI, Qing-Qing NI, Toshiyuki KOZU and Masaharu IWAMOTO

583

Lecture (Vol.55 No.6)

Actuality and Scope on Simulation of Heat Treatment U:Cooling Characteristics and Database

Michiharu NARAZAKI

589