Tricarico, MicheleMicheleTricaricoPapangelo, AntonioAntonioPapangeloConstantinescu, AndreiAndreiConstantinescuCiavarella, MicheleMicheleCiavarella2019-06-242019-06-242019Facta Universitatis, Series: Mechanical Engineering 1 (17): 95-102 (2019)http://hdl.handle.net/11420/2368Adhesion is a key factor in many tribological processes, especially wear. We generalize a recent formulation for the indentation of a multilayered material using an efficient integral transform method, to the case of adhesion, using a simple energetic transformation in the JKR regime. Then, we specialize the study for the geometry of the Surface Force Apparatus, which consists of two thin layers on a substrate, where the intermediate layer is softer than the other two. We find the pull-off force under "force control" (i.e. for "soft" loading systems), as well as under "displacement control" (i.e. for "rigid" systems), as a function of the geometrical thicknesses and material properties ratios, and the method is fully implemented in a fast Mathematica code, available to the public (see Appendix).en2335-01642019195102https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/JKR TheorySurface Force ApparatusAdhesionNaturwissenschaftenJournal Articleurn:nbn:de:gbv:830-882.03128310.15480/882.220710.22190/FUME190118011T10.15480/882.2207Journal Article