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An investigation of rail squats from several perspectives

Last updated on 15 February 2013 1:35

A rail squat is a crack growing below the running surface of a rail, leading to a depression in the rail surface, caused by plastic flow above the crack. Squats are a major problem on track in a number of countries, such as France and Australia, and have become more...

Author(s): Daniel Bill;Jones Rhys;Mohan Sajith;Pal Sarvesh;Farjoo Mohammadalli;Kerr Malcolm

Organisation(s): University of Queensland ; Monash University ; Central Queensland University ; RailCorp ;

2011

Australia

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