Circular Hollow Sections (CHS)

Round steel tubes for posts, columns, handrails and structural members.

Category: Steel Structure Products
Group: Hollow Sections
Market: United Arab Emirates
Supply: Quotation per enquiry

Product overview

Circular Hollow Sections (CHS): overview and uses

Circular hollow sections (CHS) are round steel tubes with uniform strength in every direction. They are used as fence posts, columns, handrails, trusses, scaffolding-type structures and architectural members.

OGB supplies circular tubes in black and galvanized finish in a range of diameters and wall thicknesses.

In the field

Circular Steel Tubes on site

Close-up of the cut ends of circular steel tubes showing the wall thickness — Cut ends showing the round section and wall thickness

Selection guide

Example CHS weights

Example CHS weights
Size	Weight
48.3 × 3.2 mm	3.56 kg/m
114.3 × 4.0 mm	10.9 kg/m
168.3 × 5.0 mm	20.1 kg/m

Weight = 0.02466 × t × (D − t) kg/m; checked against Tata Steel and Jindal tables.

Technical data

Specifications

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Circular Hollow Sections (CHS) specifications
Standards	EN 10219 / EN 10210 (structural); ASTM A500
Outside diameter	21.3 mm – 323.9 mm (½" – 12")
Wall thickness	About 2 mm – 10 mm (size dependent)
Grades	S235JRH, S275J0H, S355J2H
Lengths	6 m and 12 m standard
Finish	Black, painted, pre-galvanized or hot-dip galvanized

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