Hollow Structural Sections
HOLLOW STRUCTURAL SECTIONS
A Hollow Structural Section (HSS) is a type of metal profile with a hollow tubular cross section.HSS members can be circular, square, or rectangular sections, although other shapes are available, such as elliptical. HSS is only composed of structural steel per code.
HSS,especially are rectangular sections & are commonly used in welded steel frames where members experience loading in multiple directions.Square and circular HSS have very efficient shapes for this multiple-axis loading as they have uniform geometry along two or more cross-sectional axis and thus uniform strength characteristics.They also have excellent resistance to torsion
The flat square surfaces of rectangular HSS can ease construction and they are sometimes preferred for architectural aesthetics in exposed structures.