Acknowledgement

I would also like to extend my deepest gratitude to

My Family

who firmly funded and supported my passion for mechanical design

Professor Sridhar Kota, the Advisor

who kindly advised me on mechanical design, selflessly supported my projects, and warmly accompanied me on my journey

FESTO Bionic, the Pioneer

who unprecedentedly proved the existence of albatross-scale ornithopter

I would like to extend my sincere thanks to

(In Alphabet Order)

Arthur

who convinced me of the possibility of controlled flight, and assisted me during flight tests

Bill Fox and Casey Dixon

who patiently mentored my lathing and milling operations

Charlie Bradley, Don Wirkner, and Jonathan Yenkel

who helped me waterjet carbon fiber and granted me access to a vacuum forming machine

Damen Provost and Michael Lee

who granted me the first issued flight test permission in Robotics Atrium

John Keedy, Matthew Jastrzembowski, and Michelle Barnett

who granted me the after-hour flight test permission in G.G.Brown Atrium

Matthew

who provided helpful assistance during AE405

Professor Peter D. Washabaugh

who frequently advised me on aero system design

Professor Shorya Awtar, Daniel Sousa Schulman, and Nishant Mangesh Jalgaonkar

who helped me learn mechatronics from scratch

Professor Timothy B. Smith

who kindly welcomed me to use AE405 for my ornithopter

Ruowen

who advised me on structure repairment

Yuenong

who made a brave attempt for aerodynamics/aircraft-dynamics ornithopter simulation

I gratefully acknowledge the insightful publications of

Altenbuchner, Cornelia. Flexible Multi-Body Dynamics Model of a Bio-Inspired Ornithopter with Experimental Validation. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1/1/2014.

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Boudis, A, et al. “Numerical Investigation of the Effects of Nonsinusoidal Motion Trajectory on the Propulsion Mechanisms of a Flapping Airfoil.” Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, vol. 141, no. 4, ASME, 1/4/2019, doi:10.1115/1.4042175.

Chiereghin, N., Cleaver, D. J., and Gursul, I. (2019). Unsteady lift and moment of a periodically plunging airfoil. AIAA Journal, 57(1), 208-222.

Jackowski, Zachary. Design and construction of an autonomous ornithopter.

Koubou, Jisaku. Bird Drone Production Record. 19 Sept. 2015, jisaku-koubou.com/archives/category/%e9%b3%a5%e5%9e%8b%e3%83%89%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%83%b3%e4%bd%9c%e8%a3%bd%e8%a8%98%e9%8c%b2.

Lai, J. C. S., and Platzer, M. F., “Jet Characteristics of a Plunging Airfoil,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 37, No. 12, 1999, pp. 1529–1537.

Platzer, Max F, et al. “Flapping Wing Aerodynamics: Progress and Challenges.” AIAA Journal, vol. 46, no. 9, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, 9/2008, pp. 2136–49, doi:10.2514/1.29263.

Preliminary design of a small-sized flapping UAV. II. Aerodynamic Performance and Flight Stability
J. Guerrero, C. Pacioselli, J. Pralits, F. Negrello, P. Silvestri, A. Bottaro
AIMETA Conference. (September 17 - 20, 2013). Torino, Italy.

Send W, Scharstein F., Thrust Measurement for Flapping-Flight Components, 27th ICAS Congress, Nice, France, 19-24 September 2010, paper 446.

Taylor, G. K., Nudds, R. L., and Thomas, A. L. R., “Flying and Swimming Animals Cruise at a Strouhal Number Tuned for High Power Efficiency,” Nature (London), Vol. 425, Oct. 2003, pp. 707–711. doi:10.1038/nature02000

Vest, Michael S, and Katz, Joseph. “Unsteady Aerodynamic Model of Flapping Wings.” AIAA Journal, vol. 34, no. 7, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 7/1996, pp. 1435–40, doi:10.2514/3.13250.