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Schematic showing (A) the mediolateral limits (shaded grey) within which medial / lateral (M/L) contact force application points can be located and (B) the extreme case of contact pressure distribution, where pressure is maximum at one edge of the contact and minimum at the opposite edge. For this case the contact force application point is located a distance ± W/6 from the contact centroid.
