Offset hollow section, in particular a multi-part sheet-metal hollow section for motor vehicles

Offset hollow sections, in particular multi-part sheet-metal hollow sections, are required in many instances, for example in motor vehicle construction, to allow the sections to be run past other components. The disadvantage with these sections, which have hitherto been constructed with a symmetrical cross-section, is their reduced stiffness under axial loading. For this reason, the invention proposes hollow sections in which, due to the use of cross-sections in which the volume centre is offset relative to the centre of mass, their centre of mass line deviates from the structurally given volume centre line in such a way that the centre of mass line has a shallower course than the more markedly offset volume centre line.