Circular hollow sections are used as columns and braces in portal frames structures. An example is a 114.3 x 5 CHS, which has a diameter of 114.3 mm and the wall is 5 mm thick. Similarly to RHS and SHS sections, hot rolled CHS’s are made on the mill as one piece, whereas cold formed CHS’s are made of a flat sheet rolled at a radius and welded. It is therefore easy to note the difference, as the cold rolled CHS’s have a weld all along its length.
