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Wear plate as the contact angle

Wear plate as the contact angle

Wear plate as the contact angle

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I'm doing a calculation where the contact angle for the pressure angle is 120 deg., but the manufacturer is taking that angle from the tip of the wear plate not the horns of the saddle supports. The actual contact angle the saddle supports make with the vessel is 116 deg.

I was wondering that because the wear plate is 1/2 in. thick and the thickness of the vessel is 3/16th in. as well as the wear plate only extends one maybe two inches past the horns of the supports, can I assume that the stresses are going to be concentrated at the tips of the wear plate instead of the saddle and use 120 as the contact angle for my calculations instead?

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