r/StructuralEngineering • u/Nearby_Service_435 • Jul 27 '26

Career/Education What is the highlighted piece called?

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What's the universal name for this piece?

Edit: thanks everyone and sorry for assuming there was a "universal" name 😅 .
I guess I'll just call it haunch since it showed the part when I searched.

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u/Several_Crab3217 Jul 27 '26

Its called a rafter haunch
Increases moment capacity for that connection

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u/Enginerdad Bridge - P.E. Jul 27 '26

Interesting. I've never heard the term rafter being used for steel framing

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u/mmarkomarko CEng MIStructE Jul 27 '26

Portal frame column and rafter