#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# PhosphorBronze 8pc Alloy-C521000 SpringTemper Su=793mpa=115ksi
# Chem.: wt% 92.3Cu 0.1Zn 7.3Sn .26P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Spring temper= 2x(Roll+Anneal)+final Roll to 0.040inch thick
# Reversed cantilever bend test, load control, multi-spec Scovill mach.
# WARNING!!: Assume fully elastic behavior, Emod from alloys.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= PhosphorBronze8pc
#NAME= SpringTemper
#NAME= AlloyC52100
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 565 mpa
#Su= 793 mpa 
#eu= 0   # Not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 6  % 
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl Emod
0.00305   1664400  337  0  0  110300
0.00305   1978200  337  0  0  110300
0.00263   2468200  290  0  0  110300
0.00263   2815800  290  0  0  110300
0.00263   3114400  290  0  0  110300
0.00239   4283400  263  0  0  110300
0.00239   4565000  263  0  0  110300
0.00218   7540400  241  0  0  110300
0.00218   8201000  241  0  0  110300
0.00207  11034200  228  0  0  110300
0.00207  12172400  229  0  0  110300
0.00207  15694000  228  0  0  110300
0.00195  39990000  215  0  0  110300
0.00195  53852000  215  0  0  110300
0.00195  69284000  215  0  0  110300
0.00184 200000000  203  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00188 200000000  207  0  0  110300 #runout
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