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I don't run Compress, but I imagine you input the length the nozzle projects outside the vessel as L. From the formulas you are quoting, you are not using a repad. I would guess that the formula changes when L < 2.5*t or L < 2.5*tn. Otherwise you would be taking credit for nozzle length which doesn't exist. Run some examples and let us know. Maybe use t=1" and tn=.5" and run one case with L=2" and one case with L=3".
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I don't run Compress, but I imagine you input the length the nozzle projects outside the vessel as L. From the formulas you are quoting, you are not using a repad. I would guess that the formula changes when L < 2.5*t or L < 2.5*tn. Otherwise you would be taking credit for nozzle length which doesn't exist. Run some examples and let us know. Maybe use t=1" and tn=.5" and run one case with L=2" and one case with L=3".
jt
If L=the smaller of 2.5t or 2.5tn, as required by code, the two formulae are equivalent.
If L is larger, then the second formula gives an incorrect result. If on the contrary L is smaller, then the second formula is better then the first one (though this is what the code gives!), as it accounts for very short projections.
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If L is larger, then the second formula gives an incorrect result. If on the contrary L is smaller, then the second formula is better then the first one (though this is what the code gives!), as it accounts for very short projections.
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