BV AH32 Shipbuilding Steel

Grade BV AH32 is a kind of high tensile strength shipbuilding steel. Grade AH32 marine steel, BV AH32 shipbuilding steel is with a specified minimum yield point of 46ksi (315 MPa). Shanghai Katalor can offer BV AH32 shipbuilding steel with various sizes, shapes and large inventory. BV Grade AH32 shipbuilding Steel plates, bars, angle steel, bulb flats offered by Katalor Industry can be certificated by Bureau Veritas (BV).

Main Classification Society:

American Bureau of Shipping: ABS
Bureau Veritas: BV
China Classification Society: CCS
Det Norske Veritas:  DNV
Germanischer Lloyd: GL.
Korean Register of Shipping: KR
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping: LR
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai: NK
Registro Italiano Navale : RINA

BV AH32 Steel Plates Specification:

Thickness: 4mm to 260mm,
Width: 1200mm to 4000mm
Length: 3000mm to 18000mm.

BV AH32 Shipbuilding Steel Equivalent

ABS	BV	CCS	DNV	GL	KR	LR	NK	RINA
ABS AH32	BV AH32	CCS AH32	DNV AH32	GL AH32	KR AH32	LR AH32	NK AH32	RINA AH32

BV AH32 Shipbuilding Steel Chemical Requirements (%)

C max	Mn	Si	P max	S max	Al max.	Cb	V	Ti max.	Cu max.	Cr max.	Ni max.	Mo max.
0.18	0.90-1.60	0.10-0.50	0.035	0.035	0.015	0.02-0.05	0.05-0.10	0.02	0.35	0.20	0.40	0.08

BV AH32 Shipbuilding Steel Tensile Requirements

Yield Strength (MPa) min.	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Elongation in 8 in. min. %	Elongation in 2 in. min. %
315	440-590	19	22

Shipbuilding steel plate BV Grade AH32 is the Hull structural steel, marine steel. Grade AH32 marine steel plate has good toughness properties, higher strength, strong corrosion-resistance, the processing properties, and welding properties. In the steel standard ASTM A131/A131M, offshore steel grade ASTM A131 Grade AH32 is the best equivalent steel grade with BV Grade AH32.