#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# SpringBronze AlloyC43000  HalfHardTemper Su=427mpa=62ksi
# Alternate name= Copper-Tin-Brass
# Chem.: wt% 87.Cu 13.Zn 2.2Sn 0P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Half-Hard temper
# 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= Half-hard 
#NAME= AlloyC43000
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 379 mpa from alloys.copper.org
#Su= 427 mpa 
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 25 % over 2 inch.
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl  So  PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00251    229640  277  0  0  110300
0.00251    248660  277  0  0  110300
0.00224    426980  247  0  0  110300
0.00224    447580  247  0  0  110300
0.00224    558120  247  0  0  110300
0.00196    951560  216  0  0  110300
0.00196   1128020  216  0  0  110300
0.00177   1534000  195  0  0  110300
0.00177   1773000  195  0  0  110300
0.00160   3914600  177  0  0  110300
0.00161   4459000  177  0  0  110300
0.00152   8291200  168  0  0  110300
0.00153   9581000  169  0  0  110300
0.00153  10079600  169  0  0  110300
0.00144  25964000  158  0  0  110300
0.00144  30998000  159  0  0  110300
0.00141 126742000  155  0  0  110300
0.00140 200000000  154  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00136 200000000  150  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00133 200000000  147  0  0  110300 #runout
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