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Kinematic DeterminacyKinematic determinacy is a term used in structural mechanics to describe a structure where material compatibility conditions alone can be utilized to calculate deflections. A kinematically determinate structure can be defined as a structure where, if it is possible to find nodal displacements compatible with member extensions, those nodal displacements are unique. The structure has no possible mechanisms, i.e. nodal displacements compatible with zero member extensions, at least to a first-order approximation. Mathematically, the mass matrix of the structure must have full rank. Kinematical determinacy can be loosely used to classify an arrangement of structural members as a structure (stable) instead of a mechanism (unstable). Internal Links Statical determinacy
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