Shipbuilding steel plate
AH32
This higher-strength class carries impact testing at 0°C. Higher yield strength allows thinner sections for the same load-bearing capacity, commonly specified for larger bulk carriers, tankers and container ships.
Mechanical properties
- Grade class
- Higher strength
- Minimum yield ReH
- 315 MPa
- Tensile strength Rm
- 440–570 MPa
- Elongation A5
- 22%
- Impact test temperature
- 0 °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
- Thickness
- 5–22 mm
- Widths
- 1,800 / 2,000 mm
- Lengths
- 8,000 / 10,000 mm
Also supplied as bulb flat
AH32 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 AH32
- ABS AH32
- DNV AH32
- GL AH32
- BV AH32
- LR AH32
- RINA AH32
- KR AH32
- NK AH32
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