Thanks to its lightweight and high-strength structural properties, bulb flat bar is widely used in shipbuilding, offshore engineering, port facilities, and heavy industrial structures, serving as a key structural component for reinforcing ship structures and providing load-bearing support.
Accurate specification selection is the foundation for the safe and proper use of bulb flat bar. The production and application of bulb flat bar comply with unified international standards such as ASTM A131, EN 10067, and GB/T 9945, which provide a comprehensive set of specifications covering dimensions, steel grades, mechanical properties, and dimensional tolerances, and meet the inspection and certification requirements of major classification societies such as ABS, LR, BV, DNV, and CCS.
Bulb flat bar is widely used in ship hull frames, deck stiffeners, offshore wind turbine support structures, offshore platform components, and industrial building structural frames. Its unique cross-sectional geometry makes it the preferred stiffening profile in marine engineering, offering superior performance compared to ordinary flat steel and other traditional steel sections.
BV Grade EH36 is a BV-certified, high-strength cryogenic marine steel that combines high yield strength, low-temperature toughness at -40°C, excellent cryogenic weldability, and resistance to deep-sea corrosion fatigue. It effectively addresses safety challenges in high-load-bearing structures for polar marine engineering and serves as the mainstream structural steel for heavy-duty polar shipbuilding and cryogenic deep-sea engineering projects worldwide.
BV Grade EH36, a specialized high-strength cryogenic shipbuilding steel plate rigorously certified by Bureau Veritas (BV), demonstrates an exceptional strength-to-toughness balance under cryogenic conditions thanks to its fine-grained microalloyed design and optimized heat treatment process. As a result, it has become the material of choice for polar heavy-duty equipment to withstand extreme cold and ensure structural integrity. The following section systematically explains this steel plate’s suitability for cryogenic environments across four key application scenarios.