#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# PhosphorBronze 8pc Alloy-C521000 HardTemper Su=690mpa=100ksi
# Chem.: wt% 92.3Cu 0.1Zn 7.3Sn .26P  .01Fe .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= PhosphorBronze8pc
#NAME= AlloyC52100
#NAME= HardTemper
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 510 mpa
#Su= 690 mpa 
#eu= 0   # not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 10  %  over 2inch
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl Emod
0.00299    830340  329  0  0  110300
0.00299    936640  330  0  0  110300
0.00299   1032640  329  0  0  110300
0.00277   1179260  306  0  0  110300
0.00277   1265080  306  0  0  110300
0.00251   1541800  277  0  0  110300
0.00247   1862400  272  0  0  110300
0.00246   2048400  272  0  0  110300
0.00235   2322200  259  0  0  110300
0.00225   2977200  248  0  0  110300
0.00225   3301200  248  0  0  110300
0.00207   5563000  228  0  0  110300
0.00207   6101400  229  0  0  110300
0.00207   7324600  228  0  0  110300
0.00191  11574200  211  0  0  110300
0.00188  13792000  208  0  0  110300
0.00188  15274000  208  0  0  110300
0.00178  47776000  196  0  0  110300
0.00180  84350000  198  0  0  110300
0.00169 200000000  187  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00176 200000000  194  0  0  110300 #runout
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