#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# Gilding Bronze Alloy C40800  Hard temper Su=462mpa=67ksi
# Chem.: wt% 95.Cu 3.0Zn 2.0Sn 
# 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://alloys.copper.org
# Data digitized from plots may contain errors.

#FileType= strain_life  #Load control! assume elastic
#DataType= raw
#TIMEcol= 0
#NAME= BronzeAlloy408
#NAME= HardTemper 
#NAME= GildingBronze
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 483 mpa Not reported#From https://alloys.copper.org
#Su= 462 mpa  ?  see copper.org
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 5  % 
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl Emod
0.00288    370540  318  0  0  110300
0.00288    406980  318  0  0  110300
0.00251    588280  277  0  0  110300
0.00252    639220  278  0  0  110300
0.00251    686880  277  0  0  110300
0.00218   1135760  241  0  0  110300
0.00219   1288620  242  0  0  110300
0.00205   1700400  227  0  0  110300
0.00205   1894200  226  0  0  110300
0.00205   2293000  227  0  0  110300
0.00183   3474600  202  0  0  110300
0.00184   3761800  203  0  0  110300
0.00184   4161200  203  0  0  110300
0.00164  14760000  181  0  0  110300
0.00164  18122000  181  0  0  110300
0.00157 103392000  173  0  0  110300
0.00150 200000000  166  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00154 200000000  170  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00157 200000000  173  0  0  110300 #runout
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