#SAE Standard Data File format

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# CartridgeBrass Alloy-C26000  HardTemper Su=552mpa=80ksi
# Chem.: wt% 10.1Cu 29.9Zn 0Sn .02Fe .01Pb
# 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= CartidgeBrass260
#NAME= HardTemper
#NAME= Alloy-C26000
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 441 mpa Not reported
#Su= 552 mpa 
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 8  % over 2"
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl  So  PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00292  305094  323  0  0  110300
0.00287  333640  317  0  0  110300
0.00287  359280  317  0  0  110300
0.00262  458880  289  0  0  110300
0.00263  523640  290  0  0  110300
0.00263  563880  290  0  0  110300
0.00244  737140  269  0  0  110300
0.00243  783560  268  0  0  110300
0.00243  905680  268  0  0  110300
0.00224   1024320  247  0  0  110300
0.00224   1161360  247  0  0  110300
0.00224   1226640  247  0  0  110300
0.00199   1822420  219  0  0  110300
0.00199   2133760  219  0  0  110300
0.00199   2327560  219  0  0  110300
0.00182   3850000  201  0  0  110300
0.00182   4172400  201  0  0  110300
0.00183   4715800  202  0  0  110300
0.00176   5240000  195  0  0  110300
0.00176   5679000  194  0  0  110300
0.00171   6559600  189  0  0  110300
0.00171   7413200  189  0  0  110300
0.00171   8085800  188  0  0  110300
0.00163  11887200  180  0  0  110300
0.00163  12882800  180  0  0  110300
0.00163  15577400  180  0  0  110300
0.00158  25066400  174  0  0  110300
0.00158  27519600  174  0  0  110300
0.00158  35146000  174  0  0  110300
0.00154  61700000  170  0  0  110300
0.00154  68614000  169  0  0  110300
0.00150 177838000  166  0  0  110300
0.00151 200000000  167  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00145 200000000  160  0  0  110300 #runout
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