BV DH40 Shipbuilding Steel

Grade BV DH40 is a kind of high tensile strength shipbuilding steel. Grade DH40 marine steel, BV DH40 shipbuilding steel is with a specified minimum yield point of 57ksi (390MPa). Shanghai Katalor can offer BV DH40 shipbuilding steel with various sizes, shapes and large inventory. BV Grade DH40 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 DH40 Steel Plates Specification:

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

BV DH40 Shipbuilding Steel Equivalent

ABS	BV	CCS	DNV	GL	KR	LR	NK	RINA
ABS DH40	BV DH40	CCS DH40	DNV DH40	GL DH40	KR DH40	LR DH40	NK DH40	RINA DH40

BV DH40 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 DH40 Shipbuilding Steel Tensile Requirements

Yield Strength (MPa) min.	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Elongation in 8 in. min. %	Elongation in 2 in. min. %
390	510-650	19	22

Shipbuilding steel plate BV Grade DH40 is the Hull structural steel, marine steel. Grade DH40 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 DH40 is the best equivalent steel grade with BV Grade DH40.