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The contact mechanics developed for a sphere in contact with a flat plane is employed in this study to obtain the stress functions distributing in the elastic and plastic-deformation regions formed in a specimen with a hydrogenated carbon film. These stress functions are then used in the evaluation of the adhesion work of the specimen. All coating films using a silicon wafer as the substrate were...