The steel company I used to work at did testing of a very similar type. Cut a dogbone-shaped piece of steel out of a plate, put it in a Machine That Breaks Things, pull it like taffy and measure yield and tensile strength.
A36 structural grade steel plate needs a yield strength of 36,000 lbs/in^2 minimum, and a tensile strength of 58,000-80,000 lbs/in^2 depending on thickness.
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Date: 2007-01-29 08:13 am (UTC)A36 structural grade steel plate needs a yield strength of 36,000 lbs/in^2 minimum, and a tensile strength of 58,000-80,000 lbs/in^2 depending on thickness.