Comparison of the SSD evolution for various models. Far left panel: Comparison of the TI-fid (red) and RP-fid (blue) model. The isolated control model (gray) is shown for reference in all panels. Center left panel: Comparison between different tidal interaction models; the TI-fid (faint red), TI-far (thin red), and TI-retro (thick red) models. Center right panel: Comparison between models with different ram pressure strengths; the RP-weak (thin blue), the RP-fid (faint blue), and the RP-strong (thick blue) model. Far right panel: SSD evolution of the RP-fid model, observed with varying inclination angle to the spin vector of the disk. The face on disk view is RP-fid (faint blue), ‘RP-fid 45’ has a 45° tilt away from face-on (blue dashed), and ‘RP-fid 60’ has a 60° tilt away from face-on (blue dotted). The ‘RP-fid 60 corr’ line (thin-blue line) applies the inclination correction described in the main text. In all cases, the ram pressure wind continues to be along the plane of the sky.