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  1. New observations on the effect of roughness and third-body layers on friction at the wheel/rail interface

    Article • Wear, May 2026, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  2. A dataset of high-speed video recordings of wheel-rail traction enhancement using a full-scale testing platform

    Article • Data in Brief, August 2025, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  3. Mechanisms of Adhesion Increase in Wet Sanded Wheel–Rail Contacts—A DEM-Based Analysis

    Article • Lubricants, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Will Skipper

  4. DEM modelling of surface indentations caused by granular materials: application to wheel–rail sanding

    Article • Computational Particle Mechanics, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Will Skipper

  5. Generation of sanded creep curves using the extended creep force model with high pressure torsion data

    Article • Wear, April 2024, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  6. DEM simulation of single sand grain crushing in sanded wheel–rail contacts

    Article • Powder Technology, January 2024, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  7. Investigating the effect of different adhesion materials on electrical resistance using a high pressure torsion rig

    Article • Wear, November 2023, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  8. Sanded Wheel–Rail Contacts: Experiments on Sand Crushing Behaviour

    Article • Lubricants, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Will Skipper

  9. Quantifying the effect of particle characteristics on wheel/rail adhesion & damage through high pressure torsion testing

    Article • Tribology International, January 2023, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  10. DEM modelling of railway ballast using the Conical Damage Model: a comprehensive parametrisation strategy

    Article • Granular Matter, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Will Skipper

  11. The development of a high pressure torsion test methodology for simulating wheel/rail contacts

    Article • Tribology International, April 2021, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  12. Shape analysis of railway ballast stones: curvature-based calculation of particle angularity

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Will Skipper

  13. Particle characterisation of rail sands for understanding tribological behaviour

    Article • Wear, August 2019, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  14. A review of railway sanding system research: Wheel/rail isolation, damage, and particle application

    Article • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Will Skipper

  15. An analysis of the quality of experimental design and reliability of results in tribology research

    Article • Wear, April 2019, Elsevier

    Will Skipper

  16. A review of railway sanding system research: adhesion restoration and leaf layer removal

    Article • Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces, October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Will Skipper