On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails

Timna Gschwandl; Angelika Spalek; Thomas Antretter; Werner Daves

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34

On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails

Timna Gschwandl
, Angelika Spalek
, Thomas Antretter
, Werner Daves

Materials Center Leoben Forschungs GmbH

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles
Editors	Wei Huang, Mehdi Ahmadian
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	314-323
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783031669705
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	28th IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, IAVSD 2023 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: 21 Aug 2023 → 25 Aug 2023

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

Conference

Conference	28th IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, IAVSD 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	21/08/23 → 25/08/23

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

Keywords

crack initiation
crack propagation
metallography
rolling contact fatigue (RCF)
squats

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34

Cite this

Gschwandl, T., Spalek, A., Antretter, T., & Daves, W. (2025). On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails. In W. Huang, & M. Ahmadian (Eds.), Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles (pp. 314-323). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34

Gschwandl, Timna ; Spalek, Angelika ; Antretter, Thomas et al. / On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails. Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles. editor / Wei Huang ; Mehdi Ahmadian. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 314-323 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Gschwandl, T, Spalek, A, Antretter, T & Daves, W 2025, On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails. in W Huang & M Ahmadian (eds), Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 314-323, 28th IAVSD Symposium on Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks, IAVSD 2023, Ottawa, Canada, 21/08/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34

On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails. / Gschwandl, Timna; Spalek, Angelika; Antretter, Thomas et al.
Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles. ed. / Wei Huang; Mehdi Ahmadian. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 314-323 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Gschwandl T, Spalek A, Antretter T, Daves W. On the Road Towards Understanding Squats - Metallographic Investigations of Rails. In Huang W, Ahmadian M, editors, Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks III - Proceedings of the 28th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, IAVSD 2023, Rail Vehicles. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 314-323. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-66971-2_34