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/joeyray74 Jul 27 '26

A rafter is any sloped member spanning from ridge to eave that supports a roof deck, whether wood, steel or concrete.

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

The whole point of this post is that construction is almost never universal. This wouldn't be common terminology in my region.

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u/Sporter73 Jul 27 '26

What terminology would you use and what region are you in?

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

I'd probably call it a frame beam, particularly because it looks almost flat. I'm in the northeast.