SPP 1207: Nature Inspired Fluid Mechanics

自然界在所有尺度上都展示了大量的例子-从微生物到最大的动物和植物-其中流体力学过程受到影响和控制，以帮助运动或其他流体动力学适应。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，已经实现了系统优化。该优先计划的前提是，许多自然界的解决方案和流体力学优化机制尚未在工程学科中得到认可，充分理解或利用。

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.