#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# PhosphorBronze Alloy C51000 HardTemper Su=607mpa-88ksi
# Chem.: wt% 95.Cu Zn<0.2 4.5Sn .27P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Hard temper= 3x(Roll+Anneal)+finalRoll to 0.040inch thick
# Reversed cantilever bend test, load control, multi-spec Scovill mach.
# 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
# WARNING!!: Assume fully elastic behavior, Emod from copper.org.
# Data digitized from plots may contain errors.

#FileType= strain_life  #Load control! assume elastic
#DataType= raw
#TIMEcol= 0
#NAME= PhosphorBronze5pc
#NAME= AlloyC51000
#NAME= HardTemper
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 545 mpa
#Su= 607 mpa 
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 9  %  over 2 inch
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl Emod
0.00305    618640  337  0  0  110300
0.00305    679000  336  0  0  110300
0.00276    992840  304  0  0  110300
0.00272   1051820  300  0  0  110300
0.00276   1081920  304  0  0  110300
0.00252   1418020  278  0  0  110300
0.00252   1629220  278  0  0  110300
0.00249   1718460  275  0  0  110300
0.00226   2381460  249  0  0  110300
0.00227   2609920  250  0  0  110300
0.00226   3007400  250  0  0  110300
0.00203   4419800  224  0  0  110300
0.00203   5670200  224  0  0  110300
0.00189   7883600  209  0  0  110300
0.00189   8505200  208  0  0  110300
0.00186   8869400  205  0  0  110300
0.00176  16624600  194  0  0  110300
0.00176  20083400  194  0  0  110300
0.00176  24261800  194  0  0  110300
0.00170  47452000  188  0  0  110300
0.00170  55152000  188  0  0  110300
0.00165 200000000  182  0  0  110300 runout
0.00161 200000000  177  0  0  110300 runout
0.00158 200000000  174  0  0  110300 runout
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