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We present a new unknown effect that is responsible for the stable breakage of detachment folds or Schallamach waves occurring in the contact area between a moving solid and the smooth and flat surface of a soft elastomer sample. A direct dependence between the existence of detachment folds and the rubber sample thickness has been discovered experimentally. Our investigations show that Schallamach...