Abstract
A simplified method of analysing the characteristic horseshoe cracks appearing behind a spherical indenter sliding along the surface of a brittle material, is described. The technique provides a reliable means of estimating the fracture toughness of the material and an explanation of the inter-crack spacing, which is found to be independent of the sliding speed.
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