#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# SpringBronze Alloy-C43000  Hard temper  Su=586mpa=85ksi
# Alternate name= Copper-Tin-Brass
# Chem.: wt% 87.Cu 13.Zn 2.2Sn 0P  .01Fe .01Pb
# Hard temper= 3 Roll+Anneal+finalRoll 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= HardTemper
#NAME= AlloyC43000
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 496 mpa
#Su= 586 mpa 
#eu= 0   #not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 5  % over 2 inch
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl  So  PlsStrAmpl  Emod
0.00295  510860  325  0  0  110300
0.00295  547520  325  0  0  110300
0.00269  770800  297  0  0  110300
0.00269  830860  297  0  0  110300
0.00250  999120  275  0  0  110300
0.00252  1049820  278  0  0  110300
0.00252  1121860  278  0  0  110300
0.00227  1512600  250  0  0  110300
0.00228  1521800  252  0  0  110300
0.00227  1692800  250  0  0  110300
0.00204  2884400  225  0  0  110300
0.00201  2950400  222  0  0  110300
0.00204  3047000  225  0  0  110300
0.00190  4323000  209  0  0  110300
0.00189  4672600  209  0  0  110300
0.00178  7574000  197  0  0  110300
0.00178  8163800  196  0  0  110300
0.00178  8599000  196  0  0  110300
0.00169  13984000  187  0  0  110300
0.00169  15648000  186  0  0  110300
0.00168  16528000  185  0  0  110300
0.00165  42566000  183  0  0  110300
0.00166  48052000  183  0  0  110300
0.00166  65056000  183  0  0  110300
0.00162 122670000  179  0  0  110300
0.00163 140080000  179  0  0  110300
0.00159 187920000  175  0  0  110300
0.00159 200000000  176  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00153 200000000  169  0  0  110300 #runout
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