SPP 1207: Nature Inspired Fluid Mechanics

自然界展示了从微生物到最大的动植物的各种尺度上的大量例子，在这些例子中，流体机械过程受到影响和控制，以帮助运动或其他水动力适应。此外，这种过程在极长的时间尺度上的演变和选择表明，在许多情况下，系统已经实现了最优化。这一优先计划的前提是，许多用于流体机械优化的自然解决方案和机制尚未在工程学科中得到承认、完全理解或利用。

Nature demonstrates a plethora of examples over all scales - from microorganisms to the largest of animals and plants - in which fluid mechanic processes are influenced and controlled to assist in locomotion or other hydrodynamic adaptations. Furthermore, the evolution and selection of such processes over extremely long time-scales suggest that in many cases a system optimisation has been achieved. This Priority Programme is built on the premise that many of nature's solutions and mechanisms for fluid mechanic optimisation have yet to be recognised, fully understood or exploited in engineering disciplines.