Institution: | Department of Naval Architecture, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113, Japan Hull Department, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, 4-7, Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan a Nagasaki Research & Development Center, Japan b Nagasaki Shipyard & Engine Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, 1-1, Akunoura-Machi, Nagasaki, 850-91, Japan |
Abstract: | A study was performed on TMCP (thermo-mechanical control process) - manufactured high-tensile steel plates with yield point of 40 kgf/mm2 (YP40), which were recently developed for use in ship production and whose ease of shop fabrication is almost equal to that of the well-proven ship high-tensile steel plates (HT50) with yield points at 32 and 36 kgf/mm2 levels. The authors' study addressed the performance required of the YP40 TMCP high-tensile steel for ship applications, including strength characteristics of base metal and high-heat-input welded joints, and also shop fabrication methods suitable to this material. |