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The phenomenon of crack initiation and propagation in railway rails has appeared as an important problem in engineering and has become an object of intensive research in many scientific centers. Of particular recent interest is the so-called “squat” defect, and a surface crack which propagates from an origin near the rail crown along an inclined path into the rail head. Squat defects have been observed frequently on high-speed BR lines, occasionally on some European lines, and occasionally on Japan’s Shinkansen high-speed line.
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Olzak, M., Stupnicki, J., Wójcik, R. (1992). Analysis of crack front propagation in contact. In: Orringer, O., Orkisz, J., Świderski, Z. (eds) Residual Stress in Rails. Engineering Applications of Fracture Mechanics, vol 12-13. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1787-6_3
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