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Material Used in Ship Building

This document discusses materials used in shipbuilding, focusing on different grades of steel. Steel remains the most widely used material, comprising about 90% of shipbuilding. Different grades of steel - A, B, D, and E - are used for various ship structures, depending on their thickness and stress levels. Grade A steel is used for bulkheads and superstructures under 20mm thick. Grade B is for strength members from 20-25mm thick. Grade D and E steels, which have higher strength, are used for structures over 25mm and 50mm thick, respectively, in high stress areas like keels. Special grade Arctic steel is used where parts will be subjected to extremely low temperatures. Stainless steel risks pit

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Material Used in Ship Building

This document discusses materials used in shipbuilding, focusing on different grades of steel. Steel remains the most widely used material, comprising about 90% of shipbuilding. Different grades of steel - A, B, D, and E - are used for various ship structures, depending on their thickness and stress levels. Grade A steel is used for bulkheads and superstructures under 20mm thick. Grade B is for strength members from 20-25mm thick. Grade D and E steels, which have higher strength, are used for structures over 25mm and 50mm thick, respectively, in high stress areas like keels. Special grade Arctic steel is used where parts will be subjected to extremely low temperatures. Stainless steel risks pit

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SHIPBUILDING

INTRODUCTION
There is a wide range of materials used in
shipbuilding comprising ferrous metals, non- ferrous
metals, plastics, GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastics/ fiber
glass) and wood.
The most widely used material in ship building
remains steel especially plan carbon or mild steel
approximately 90%.
Properties of Steel
Good metallurgical properties – to overcome
Brittle fracture and fatigue
Reasonable good mechanical properties
Low carbon steel (mild steel) have tensile strength
of 400 to 490 MN/m2 and Yield strength of 235
MN/m2, and elongation of 15 to 20 %
Susceptibility ease to join process by welding with
good control over weld defects

Cont-
 Reasonable cost
 Reasonably ease to cast
 Ability to be heat treated. Alloy elements can
also be use to change the character of steel:
- Carbon (0.18% to 0.28%) increases hardness
and strength but reduces ductility.
- Manganese (0.6% to 15%) increase tensile
strength, ductility and notch toughness
- Silicon (< 0.5%) increase hardness and
tensile strength without making welding
difficult.
- Sulphur (>0.04 or 0.05%) improves
weldability and welding stresses
- Phosphorus (> 0.04 or 0.05%) reduces
ductility and toughness
Grades of steel
Grade A - White

Grade B - Green

Grade D - Red

Grade E - Yellow

Cont-
Grade A
A mild steel used in the majority of the ship
structures of less than 20 mm thickness such as
bulkheads, tank top, non strength decks and
superstructures
Grade B

A mild steel used for strength members of 20 to 25


mm thickness
Grade D
A ‘Notch-tough’ steel which resists the spread of
cracks and has higher strength.

It is used for structure greater than 25 mm thick


Grade E
An ‘Extra Notch tough’ steel because this is a heat
treated Grade D steel used for very thick plating in
excess of 50mm thick.

It is used for sheer strakes, bilge strakes, keels I.e. all
high stress regions of the ship
Artic D
A special grade of steels used where part of the
structure is subject to extremely low temperature.
The Ultimate tensile strength is 435 to 510 NM/m2,
yield stress is 310 NM/m2 – 80% of UTS and absorbs
40 Joules of energy at - 55oC in a Charpy Impact
test. Normally used for icebreakers
Stainless steel
1. Suffers from deep pitting in stagnant waters-if cleaned
regularly this pitting can be reduced
Expected life spans of some materials in
sea water:

 Galvanised steel- 6 to 9 years


 Copper- Maximum velocity (water flow) 4ft/sec
 90/10 Cupro-Nickel- 10yrs+
 70/30 Cupro-Nickel- 22 yrs+

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