---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 230.26"
title: "49"
number: "230.26"
heading: "Tensile strength of shell plates."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/230.26"
---

# §230.26. Tensile strength of shell plates.


When the tensile strength of steel or wrought-iron shell plates is not known, it shall be taken at 50,000 psi for steel and 45,000 psi for wrought iron.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20103, 20107, 20702; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 62865, Nov. 17, 1999, unless otherwise noted.