When a hard surface is slid over a softer surface part of the frictional resistance is due to the force required to plough asperities of the harder surface through the softer. It is shown how this ploughing contribution to friction can be obtained for hard steel balls and wedges sliding on soft metals.
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R.T. Spurr (1956) studied this question.
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