#FileType= rainflow
#DataType= raw              #"raw"= measured, as opposed to "fitted"

#Note that the fde.uwaterloo.ca site does not handle rainflow files yet


This is a S A E  STANDARD RAINFLOW FILE

The first part of the file is a comment section.
Anything can go in this section except the word BEGIN 
at the front of a line.   Users can add special flags,switches & 
operators if they wish, but no standards are set about what is in 
this section.

Examples of user specific program switches :
!MIDDLE OF BAND ZERO:0!
!UNITS/LEVEL:100!
 sptv  1  5   25.0000  
  start T:       0    5700   22700
  end   T:    5600   22000   37000
.rain    800.000  -800.000 

If you see text like this in a file supplied to you, it would
be prudent to ask your supplier as to their meaning or intent.
It is recommended that such flags, or switches not be active
in an SAE standard rainflow file.  The data should be adjusted
by the supplier program to reflect the intent or function of
any of the switches.

The data can be in any units for the signal, but must use CYCLES
(rather than reversals) as the event counter.  Numbers are to be 
read (and could be written) in "free format", i.e.: seperated by 
one or more blanks. Note that blank lines are allowed amoungst 
the data lines.  In normal practice the SIGNAL values will be read 
by computers into REAL storage locations.  CYCLES are generally 
expected to be INTEGERS.  Some rainflow counting methods, however,
create unmatched 1/2 cycles, and in consequence give a cycle count
such as  "1050.5" for example.  Thus the cycle numbers should
be read as REAL*8 or DOUBLE PRECISION when such fractional cycles
are expected.

No special delimiters are used as "End-of-File", it is up to the 
reading program to detect the EOF by itself.  (On some machines 
it may be wise to place an extra blank line as the last line, 
otherwise the last data line may not be read)

Data column code shown below:
    Col.1      Col.2        Col.3    Col.4      Col.5
Signal Range  Sig.Mean    No.Cycles  Sig.Max.  Sig.Min.

The comment section is ended by the following line:
BEGIN DATA 
   0.103E+04    232.             1    748.       -284.    
    826.        232.             1    645.       -181.    
    877.        258.             1    697.       -181.    
    51.6       -103.            17   -77.4       -129.    

    103.       -77.4             5   -25.8       -129.    
    155.       -51.6             3    25.8       -129.    
    206.       -25.8             1    77.4       -129.    
    258.       0.305E-04         2    129.       -129.    
    310.        25.8             3    181.       -129.    
    361.        51.6             2    232.       -129.    
    465.        103.             2    335.       -129.    


    516.        129.             1    387.       -129.    
    568.        155.             4    439.       -129.    
    619.        181.             3    490.       -129.    
    671.        206.             2    542.       -129.    
    723.        232.             5    594.       -129.    
    774.        258.             4    645.       -129.    
    826.        284.             1    697.       -129.    
    51.6       -51.6            61   -25.8       -77.4    
    103.       -25.8            29    25.8       -77.4    
    155.          0.            27    77.4       -77.4    
    206.        25.8            23    129.       -77.4    
    258.        51.6             6    181.       -77.4    
    310.        77.4             8    232.       -77.4    
    361.        103.             3    284.       -77.4    
    413.        129.             7    335.       -77.4    
    619.        232.             1    542.       -77.4    
    671.        258.             2    594.       -77.4    
    51.6          0.           287    25.8       -25.8    
    103.        25.8           125    77.4       -25.8    
    155.        51.6            61    129.       -25.8    
    206.        77.4            14    181.       -25.8