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% Adam Kantor %%
% HW 6 %%%%%%%%%
% March 2 2011 %
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Inputs

clc
clear all
close all

dtr = pi/180;
rtd = 180/pi;

S = 60;
H = 20;
d = 10;
theta_2 = 60*dtr;

phi = pi-theta_2;

Solve for r2, r5, theta_5

Guesses

r2 = 20;
r5 = 60;
theta_5 = 20*dtr;
delta = 1+zeros(3);

while abs(delta(1))>0.01 || abs(delta(2))>0.01 || abs(delta(3))>0.01
    %Calculating Errors
    e1 = r2*cos(phi)+r5*cos(theta_5)-H;
    e2 = r2*sin(phi)+r5*sin(theta_5)-(S/2);
    e3 = -r2+r5-H-d;
    %Calculating deltas
    pm = [cos(phi) cos(theta_5) -r5*sin(theta_5);...
          sin(phi) sin(theta_5) r5*cos(theta_5);...
          -1 1 0];
    em = [-e1; -e2; -e3];
    delta = pm\em;
    %Adding Errors
    r2 = r2+delta(1);
    r5 = r5+delta(2);
    theta_5 = theta_5+delta(3);
end

Solving for r3

theta_3 = theta_5;
r3 = r2*(sin(theta_2)/sin(theta_3));

Solving for r4, r1, theta_1

B1 = r2*cos(phi)+r3*cos(pi+theta_3);
B2 = -r2-r3;
OB_x = B1+(B2-B1)/2;

C4_x = H+d/2;
C4_y = S/3;
phi_1 = 160*dtr;
theta_5_1 = 30*dtr;
delta = 1+zeros(2);

% Solving for theta 2 and theta 5 with the new C4
while abs(delta(1))>0.01 || abs(delta(2))>0.01
    %Calculating Errors
    e1 = r2*cos(phi_1)+r5*cos(theta_5_1)-C4_x;
    e2 = r2*sin(phi_1)+r5*sin(theta_5_1)-C4_y;
    %Calculating deltas
    pm = [-r2*sin(phi_1) -r5*sin(theta_5_1);...
          r2*cos(phi_1) r5*cos(theta_5_1)];
    em = [-e1; -e2];
    delta = pm\em;
    %Adding Errors
    phi_1 = phi_1+delta(1);
    theta_5_1 = theta_5_1+delta(2);
end

B3_x = r2*cos(phi_1)+r3*cos(theta_5_1+pi);
B3_y = r2*sin(phi_1)+r3*sin(theta_5_1+pi);

h = OB_x;
a = -(B1^2-B3_x^2-2*B1*h+2*B3_x*h-B3_y^2);
b = 2*B3_y;
k = a/b;

r1 = sqrt(h^2+k^2);
theta_1 = atan2(k,h);
r4 = sqrt(k^2+(h-B1)^2);

Test plot

x1 = [0 r2*cos(phi) ...
    r2*cos(phi)+r5*cos(theta_5) ...
    r2*cos(phi)+r3*cos(pi+theta_5) ...
    r1*cos(theta_1)];
y1 = [0 r2*sin(phi) ...
    r2*sin(phi)+r5*sin(theta_5) ...
    r2*sin(phi)+r3*sin(pi+theta_5) ...
    r1*sin(theta_1)];

figure(1)
plot(x1,y1,'LineWidth',3)
axis([-10 35 -10 35])
axis square