静せい定てい構こう造ぞう

noun

statically determinate structure

Engineering term for a structure whose internal forces and reactions can be determined solely from equilibrium equations. Contrasts with 不静定構造 (statically indeterminate structure).

See also: 不静定構造

• この橋はしは静せい定てい構こう造ぞうなので、計けい算さんが比ひ較かく的てき簡かん単たんです。

  This bridge is a statically determinate structure, so the calculations are relatively simple.

• 静せい定てい構こう造ぞうと不ふ静せい定てい構こう造ぞうの違ちがいを説せつ明めいしてください。

  Please explain the difference between statically determinate and indeterminate structures.