#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# SpringBronze AlloyC43000  Spring temper Su=690mpa=100ksi
# Alternate name= Copper-Tin-Brass
# Chem.: wt% 87.Cu 13.Zn 2.2Sn 0P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Spring temper= 2x( Roll+Anneal)+final Roll 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://alloys.copper.org
# NOTE!!: 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= SpringBronze430
#NAME= SpringTemper 
#NAME= AlloyC43000
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 545 mpa Not reported
#Su= 690 mpa 
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 2  % 
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl  So  PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00297  1359200  328  0  0  110300
0.00296  1477600  327  0  0  110300
0.00266  1945200  293  0  0  110300
0.00263  2151000  290  0  0  110300
0.00237  2908600  262  0  0  110300
0.00237  3135000  261  0  0  110300
0.00209  5096400  230  0  0  110300
0.00209  5720200  230  0  0  110300
0.00190  9530600  209  0  0  110300
0.00187  10661000  206  0  0  110300
0.00180  21532000  199  0  0  110300
0.00178  30608000  197  0  0  110300
0.00174  62564000  192  0  0  110300
0.00175  75476000  193  0  0  110300
0.00174  92896000  192  0  0  110300
0.00170 166760000  187  0  0  110300
0.00169 200000000  186  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00166 200000000  183  0  0  110300 #runout
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