#SAE Standard Data File format

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# PennyBronze Alloy-C40500  HardTemper Su=441mpa=64ksi
# Chem.: wt% 95.Cu 4.0Zn 1.0Sn 
# Hard temper= 3x(Roll+Anneal)+finalRoll to 0.040inch thick
# Reversed cantilever bend test, load control, multi-spec Scovill mach.
# WARNING!!: Assume fully elastic behavior, Emod from copper.org.
# Ref.: W.D.France, D.E.Trout, J.A.Mulholland, "Fatigue Characteristics 
# Ref.: of Five Copper-Base Strip Alloys Commonly Used for Spring 
# Ref.: Applications", ASTM J.of Materials, V4 N3 1969, pp.633-646.
# More info in paper and at https://copper.org
# Data digitized from plots may contain errors.

#FileType= strain_life  #Load control! assume elastic
#DataType= raw
#TIMEcol= 0
#NAME= BronzeAlloy405
#NAME= HardTemper 
#NAME= PennyBronze
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 427 mpa Not reported #From copper.org
#Su= 441 mpa 
#eu= 0   #
#E=  124100.  #From https://alloys.copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 10  % 
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00217    355980  269  0  0  124100
0.00217    402320  269  0  0  124100
0.00216    471360  269  0  0  124100
0.00195    609200  242  0  0  124100
0.00195    691100  242  0  0  124100
0.00184    833880  229  0  0  124100
0.00185    987820  229  0  0  124100
0.00185   1053960  229  0  0  124100
0.00170   1374740  211  0  0  124100
0.00167   1460400  207  0  0  124100
0.00155   2034600  193  0  0  124100
0.00155   2266600  193  0  0  124100
0.00156   2608800  193  0  0  124100
0.00138   8276200  171  0  0  124100
0.00138  10272000  171  0  0  124100
0.00132  29352000  164  0  0  124100
0.00133  39162000  165  0  0  124100
0.00133  42086000  165  0  0  124100
0.00127 168120000  158  0  0  124100
0.00121 200000000  150  0  0  124100 #runout
0.00128 200000000  158  0  0  124100 #runout
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