Given a structural topology, a reciprocal frame has, in most cases, many different configurations, that can be obtained changing its boundary constraints. Here we propose a mathematical procedure to check if such a structure is kinematically determined when a particular geometry is given by fixing these constraints.
The task is performed to help producing tools for the general understanding and design of reciprocal frames.
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