List of works - Klaus Six

A whole system model framework to predict damage in turnouts

scientific article

Advanced maintenance strategies for improved squat mitigation

scientific article published in October 2019

An approximate model to predict near-surface ratcheting of rails under high traction coefficients

scientific article

An efficient physical-based method for predicting the long-term evolution of vertical railway track geometries

scientific article

Assessing the impact of small amounts of water and iron oxides on adhesion in the wheel/rail interface using High Pressure Torsion testing

scientific article

Assessment of running gear performance in relation to rolling contact fatigue of wheels and rails based on stochastic simulations ⬇️

scholarly article

Challenges and progress in the understanding and modelling of the wheel–rail creep forces

Comparative study on the influence of initial deformation and temperature of thermally induced white etching layers on rail wheels

scientific article published in January 2023

Comparison of two different types of railway ballast in compression and direct shear tests: experimental results and DEM model validation.

scientific article published on 29 September 2018

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

scientific article published in 2022

DEM modelling of surface indentations caused by granular materials: application to wheel-rail sanding

scientific article published in 2024

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

scientific article published in January 2024

Development of white etching layers on rails: simulations and experiments

scientific article

Fatigue crack initiation in the presence of stratified surface layers on rail wheels

scientific article published in December 2023

Friction and wear in railway ballast stone interfaces

scientific article

Friction in wheel–rail contact: A model comprising interfacial fluids, surface roughness and temperature

scientific article

Friction phenomena and their impact on the shear behaviour of granular material

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Full-scale testing of low adhesion effects with small amounts of water in the wheel/rail interface

scholarly article

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

scholarly article

Leaves on the line: Characterising leaf based low adhesion on railway rails

scientific article published in July 2023

Methodology to assess damage mechanisms of rail steels based on small-scale experiments

scientific article published in October 2023

Micro-mechanical investigation of railway ballast behavior under cyclic loading in a box test using DEM: effects of elastic layers and ballast types

scientific article published on 24 October 2019

Modeling surface rolling contact fatigue crack initiation taking severe plastic shear deformation into account

scientific article

Modeling wear and rolling contact fatigue: Parametric study and experimental results

scientific article

On the effect of stress dependent interparticle friction in direct shear tests

scientific article

On-Board Wheel Profile Classification Based on Vehicle Dynamics - From Physical Effects to Machine Learning

Parametrisation of a DEM model for railway ballast under different load cases

scientific article published on 2 August 2017

Physical processes in wheel–rail contact and its implications on vehicle–track interaction

scientific article

Plasticity in wheel–rail contact and its implications on vehicle–track interaction

Representation of the microstructure of pearlitic steels for DEM simulations of fatigue

scientific article published in March 2024

Rolling contact fatigue behaviour of rails: Wedge model predictions in T-Gamma world ⬇️

scholarly article

Sanded Wheel–Rail Contacts: Experiments on Sand Crushing Behaviour

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

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Simple particle shapes for DEM simulations of railway ballast: influence of shape descriptors on packing behaviour

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

Simulation and experiment based investigations of squat formation mechanisms

scientific article published in December 2019

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

scientific article published in April 2021

The influence of the wheelsets’ relative kinematics of railway vehicles on wheel/rail wear in curved track

scientific article

Third body layer—experimental results and a model describing its influence on the traction coefficient

scientific article

Vehicle tests showing how the weather in autumn influences the wheel–rail traction characteristics

scholarly article

Wheel-rail creep force model for predicting water induced low adhesion phenomena

scientific article

List of works by Klaus Six

A whole system model framework to predict damage in turnouts

Advanced maintenance strategies for improved squat mitigation

An approximate model to predict near-surface ratcheting of rails under high traction coefficients

An efficient physical-based method for predicting the long-term evolution of vertical railway track geometries

Assessing the impact of small amounts of water and iron oxides on adhesion in the wheel/rail interface using High Pressure Torsion testing

Assessment of running gear performance in relation to rolling contact fatigue of wheels and rails based on stochastic simulations ⬇️

Challenges and progress in the understanding and modelling of the wheel–rail creep forces

Comparative study on the influence of initial deformation and temperature of thermally induced white etching layers on rail wheels

Comparison of two different types of railway ballast in compression and direct shear tests: experimental results and DEM model validation.

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

DEM modelling of surface indentations caused by granular materials: application to wheel-rail sanding

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

Development of white etching layers on rails: simulations and experiments

Fatigue crack initiation in the presence of stratified surface layers on rail wheels

Friction and wear in railway ballast stone interfaces

Friction in wheel–rail contact: A model comprising interfacial fluids, surface roughness and temperature

Friction phenomena and their impact on the shear behaviour of granular material

Full-scale testing of low adhesion effects with small amounts of water in the wheel/rail interface

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

Leaves on the line: Characterising leaf based low adhesion on railway rails

Methodology to assess damage mechanisms of rail steels based on small-scale experiments

Micro-mechanical investigation of railway ballast behavior under cyclic loading in a box test using DEM: effects of elastic layers and ballast types

Modeling surface rolling contact fatigue crack initiation taking severe plastic shear deformation into account

Modeling wear and rolling contact fatigue: Parametric study and experimental results

On the effect of stress dependent interparticle friction in direct shear tests

On-Board Wheel Profile Classification Based on Vehicle Dynamics - From Physical Effects to Machine Learning

Parametrisation of a DEM model for railway ballast under different load cases

Physical processes in wheel–rail contact and its implications on vehicle–track interaction

Plasticity in wheel–rail contact and its implications on vehicle–track interaction

Representation of the microstructure of pearlitic steels for DEM simulations of fatigue

Rolling contact fatigue behaviour of rails: Wedge model predictions in T-Gamma world ⬇️

Sanded Wheel–Rail Contacts: Experiments on Sand Crushing Behaviour

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

Simple particle shapes for DEM simulations of railway ballast: influence of shape descriptors on packing behaviour

Simulation and experiment based investigations of squat formation mechanisms

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

The influence of the wheelsets’ relative kinematics of railway vehicles on wheel/rail wear in curved track

Third body layer—experimental results and a model describing its influence on the traction coefficient

Vehicle tests showing how the weather in autumn influences the wheel–rail traction characteristics

Wheel-rail creep force model for predicting water induced low adhesion phenomena