#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# SpringBronze AlloyC43000  Annealed Su=NotReported
# Alternate name= Copper-Tin-Brass
# Chem.: wt% 87.Cu 13.Zn 2.2Sn 0P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Anneal= 0.015mm grainsize  No tensile data available online.
# 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= SpringBronze430
#NAME= Annealed
#NAME= AlloyC43000
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 0 mpa Not reported
#Su= 320 mpa #from internet.  =46ksi
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  119300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 55  % not reported, taken from internet
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl  So  PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00162    274140  193  0  0  119300
0.00162    306700  193  0  0  119300
0.00142    634960  169  0  0  119300
0.00142    700120  170  0  0  119300
0.00141    902160  168  0  0  119300
0.00128   2455800  152  0  0  119300
0.00124   2729200  149  0  0  119300
0.00125   3698400  149  0  0  119300
0.00116   7029400  139  0  0  119300
0.00117   9253200  140  0  0  119300
0.00117   9877200  139  0  0  119300
0.00111  15264000  133  0  0  119300
0.00110  30368000  131  0  0  119300
0.00110  42052000  132  0  0  119300
0.00105 147220000  126  0  0  119300
0.00106 200000000  126  0  0  119300 #runout
0.00100 200000000  119  0  0  119300 #runout
#