Evolution of rail surface degradation in the tunnel: The role of water on squat growth under service conditions
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2019 at "Engineering Fracture Mechanics"
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2019.01.018
Abstract: Abstract Squats on open tracks, as opposed to track inside tunnels, have been reported by railway networks across the world. Theoretical research hypothesised that the hydraulic entrapment of water is critical to crack propagation associated… read more here.
Keywords: water; surface; crack; squat growth ... See more keywords
Investigation of probable squat growth from initial surface cracks in rails using a three-dimensional rollover simulation
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2023 at "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit"
DOI: 10.1177/09544097231171742
Abstract: Squats are rather complex failure mechanisms in rails and challenge railway operators all over the world, thus calling for a detailed investigation of squats by means of finite element analysis to locate the initiation and… read more here.
Keywords: squat growth; three dimensional; investigation probable; simulation ... See more keywords