I am designing a horizontal vessel with 2 saddle supports.
Vessel desinged using compress software.
The issue I am having is that I have a customer that would like the wear plate width to be less than what my software will allow based upon the saddle width.
If I narrow up my saddle width the software will allow me to decrease my wear plate width and still do so with relatively low stress levels.
The issue is the customer wants a wide saddle with a narrow wear plate.
I'm assuming that there is an empirical relation ship to allow for flex in the wear plate and minimize the stress concentration from a "Stiff" edge of the wear plate in the shell.
Can anyone explain this in more detail?
Thanks.
Vessel desinged using compress software.
The issue I am having is that I have a customer that would like the wear plate width to be less than what my software will allow based upon the saddle width.
If I narrow up my saddle width the software will allow me to decrease my wear plate width and still do so with relatively low stress levels.
The issue is the customer wants a wide saddle with a narrow wear plate.
I'm assuming that there is an empirical relation ship to allow for flex in the wear plate and minimize the stress concentration from a "Stiff" edge of the wear plate in the shell.
Can anyone explain this in more detail?
Thanks.