Argatov, IvanIvanArgatovPapangelo, AntonioAntonioPapangelo2021-03-092021-03-092021Journal of Adhesion 97 (2): 140-154 (2021)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/9065An axisymmetric frictionless adhesive contact problem for a spherical indenter pressed against an isotropic elastic incompressible half-space under equibiaxial stretching is studied in the framework of the generalized Johnson–Kendall–Roberts (JKR) theory, which accounts for the effect of weak coupling between fracture modes I and II by means of a phenomenological mode-mixity function. The model predicts that contact area can withstand a larger level of the substrate stretch under moderate pre-pulling force. We have provided simple formulas to evaluate the pull-off force and the critical contact radius at the detachment point.en0021-846420212140154analytical modelsDry adhesionfracture mechanicsfracture mode-mixityincompressible substrateJournal Article10.1080/00218464.2019.1646648Other