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S. Marich and S. Mackie, “A Discussion on the Rail Squat Defects in the Hunter Valley (Version 2),” RSA Hunter Valley Internal Technical Note, Rail Corporation New South Wales, Sydney, 3 April 2001.

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• TITLE: Finite Element Method Study on the Squats Growth Simulation

  AUTHORS: Daren Peng, Rhys Jones

  KEYWORDS: FEM; Squats; Complex Crack Growth; Genetic Algorithm

  JOURNAL NAME: Applied Mathematics, Vol.4 No.5A, May 22, 2013

  ABSTRACT: A simplified finite element analysis on the squats growth simulation and the effect different contact stresses has been presented. This analysis is based on the element removal study to simulate squat growth in a rail track under cyclic loading. The major principal stress (maximum principal stress failure theory) has been used as failure criteria. Evolution strategies are derived from the biological process of evolution, to find squats growth path solution to a complex rail/ wheel contact problem.