Shipbuilding steel plate
DH36
This higher-strength class carries impact testing at −20°C, specified for higher-strength structural members exposed to lower service temperatures.
Mechanical properties
- Grade class
- Higher strength
- Minimum yield ReH
- 355 MPa
- Tensile strength Rm
- 490–630 MPa
- Elongation A5
- 21%
- Impact test temperature
- -20 °C
Impact energy in joules is not listed here because it varies with plate thickness and specimen orientation. The value that governs your order is the one on the mill test certificate, issued per heat.
Stock & dimensions
Rolled to order for this grade. Send thickness, dimensions and tonnage for a lead time.
Also supplied as bulb flat
DH36 is also held as bulb flat bar for hull framing.
View bulb flat availabilityClassification society approvals
Approvals are held with the nine classification societies below. Certificates are available on request, and material is released with the mill test certificate for the relevant heat.
- CCS DH36
- ABS DH36
- DNV DH36
- GL DH36
- BV DH36
- LR DH36
- RINA DH36
- KR DH36
- NK DH36
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