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have been haughtily rejected and ridiculed, because the way the flume was supposed to function was totally contrary to proven hydraulic theory and therefore would never work. After all, everyone with any good aca- demic education knew that, in accordance with Archimedes' Principle, logs heavier than water - 'sinkers' - could not be trans- ported in water but merely sank to the bottom. Much sobered by the spectre of eventual bankruptcy and having heard rumour of Viktor Schauberger's unusual log-flume design the young Princess approached him to find out what savings could be achieved over the normal costs of timber trans- portation which amounted to 12 schillings per solid cubic metre, because the substantial losses mentioned above always had to be taken into account. Viktor answered that the costs could be reduced to 1 schilling/m3, including the amortisation of construction costs, because every log would arrive in good condition. The Princess jumped at the idea. Despite the fact that Viktor had no acade- mic qualifications, she offered him three times his normal salary if he agreed to build it and begged her husband to agree to its con- struction. He concurred, saying that, while it was very unconventional, if all went well it would solve their financial problems, due to the large returns anticipated. His agreement, however, was subject to two conditions: 1. the flume was to be built at Viktor's own expense and in the event of its non-function he was as also to pay for its demolition; 2. the flume had to deliver a minimum of 1,000m3 of solid timber daily. Viktor was delighted to take up the chal- lenge and immediately began preparation for the construction of his first log-flume. It was not long before word was out, eventually attracting the attention of the Estate Admin- istration and the Institute of Hydraulics at the University of Vienna, who were outraged that a young upstart forester should be awarded such a lucrative contract when they should have been called upon for their exper- tise. The whole thing was totally out of order and quite preposterous! 12: The Log Flume 149 Instead of the usual rectangular or trapezoid concrete channel, Schauberger's log-flume was to be constructed of timber, the cross-section of the log-flume was egg- shaped, or rather half egg-shaped (figs. 12.2 & 12.3 - actually a later log-flume at Neuberg 1928), and it was to function in total contravention of the established principles of conventional hydraulics. When they were ready to start, the carpenters and labourers asked Viktor Schauberger where it was to be built. He told them to study the shape of the river and the valley and to follow these as closely as possible, because water never likes to move in a straight line, but always curves in its natural meandering motion and Nature's examples should always be fol- lowed. Therefore, as eventually built, it followed the contours of the valley (figs. 12.4, 12.5 & 12.6). The day before it was due to be commis- sioned, Viktor decided to make a preliminary test of the flume's performance. An average- sized green beech log was ushered into the mouth of the flume and to his horror it stranded on the bottom after a few metres and would not budge. This was a catastrophe and something had to be done at once if the next day's opening was to be successful. Sending his workers away to give himself space to think, Viktor sat on a rock to ponder the situation. As he sat down he felt some- thing scrabbling underneath his leather breeches and sprang up to find a very alive snake. Grabbing it quickly, he flung it into the holding basin, which supplied the flume with water and where the logs were to be assembled before being entrained into the flume. As he watched it swim to the other side, wondering how it was able to swim so fast, he suddenly became aware of its peculiar sinuous movement. Nature had again come to his aid. The snake's movement was that of a spiral- space curve and like the shape of the Kudu horn (shown in fig. 12.7). Summoning his workers, he ordered the holding basin to be drained and the offending log removed. He then gave them instructions on how to attach thin wooden slats to the curved sides of the flume walls, which would act like the riflingPDF Image | Viktor Schauberger Work Explained
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