Journal
WEAR
Volume 297, Issue 1-2, Pages 926-942Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2012.11.011
Keywords
Squat; Rolling contact fatigue; Rail-Wheel tribology; White etching layer; Rail steel; Differential tribological transformations
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- IDR2 Consortium
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Rail squats remain a major rolling contact fatigue problem for mass transit authorities. Several studies have been conducted to supplement the standard characterization of rail squats. In particular an extensive tribological and metallurgical investigation was performed on samples of incipient squats from various areas. Surfaces and cross-sections of rail samples were observed by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. These observations highlighted that the running band is composed of longitudinal contact strips with various surface and subsurface morphologies. This microstructure seems to be essential for the onset of squats. This new information makes it possible to account for the entire damage mechanism of a squat defect from initiation to propagation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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