“…For example, for the line contact structure of a cylinder with radius R and length L compressed onto a plate with load P, a rectangular contact area forms with width 2b. According to Hertzian contact theory [10] and previous studies [11], the corresponding average stress σave (where σave = P/2bL) of the inflection point of the curve plotting σave vs. b/R is considered to be the contact strength of the structure. Therefore, measuring b, which is the half-width of the rectangular contact area, is necessary to obtain the contact strength.…”