#SAE Standard Data File format

# #SAE Standard Data File format # #

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# SpringBronze 0.8% Alloy-C43400 HardTemper Su=565mpa=82ksi
# Chem.: wt% 84.8Cu 15.2Zn 0.8Sn 0.P .01Fe .01Pb
# Hard temper= 3 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= SpringBronze0.8pc
#NAME= HardTemper
#NAME= Alloy-C43400
#Stress_units= mpa
#Strain_units= strain

#Sy= 496 mpa
#Su= 565 mpa 
#eu= 0   # Not reported
#E=  110300.  #From https://copper.org
#%RA=  0 % # Not reported
#%Elongation= 4  % over 2 inch
#TrueFractureStress= 0  Not reported
#TrueFractureStrain= 0
#BHN=  0  #not reported

#StrAmpl  2Nf  StsAmpl So PlsStrAmpl Emod
0.00300    332020  331  0  0  110300
0.00300    353780  331  0  0  110300
0.00284    437640  313  0  0  110300
0.00265    553640  292  0  0  110300
0.00265    630300  292  0  0  110300
0.00265    680400  292  0  0  110300
0.00239    896240  264  0  0  110300
0.00239   1035280  264  0  0  110300
0.00239   1171900  264  0  0  110300
0.00222   1327440  245  0  0  110300
0.00218   1419400  241  0  0  110300
0.00216   1696200  238  0  0  110300
0.00198   2476000  219  0  0  110300
0.00197   3046800  218  0  0  110300
0.00193   3406200  213  0  0  110300
0.00173   7495600  191  0  0  110300
0.00174   8045200  192  0  0  110300
0.00165  20496000  181  0  0  110300
0.00161  31472000  177  0  0  110300
0.00157  71116000  173  0  0  110300
0.00156  81434000  173  0  0  110300
0.00156 103302000  172  0  0  110300
0.00150 124264000  166  0  0  110300
0.00149 200000000  164  0  0  110300 #runout
0.00145 200000000  160  0  0  110300 #runout
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