Thursday, March 28, 2013

A Brief Background On Viktor Schauberger

By Ann Jordan


In the field of engineering, science, and environmentalism, one has probably heard the name Viktor Schauberger. For those who do not know him, he is the one who founded the implosion theory and the one who created actuators for vehicles like the airplanes and the big ships. Until today, his discoveries have made an impact in the world of scientific inventions.

Born in Austria during the year 1885, he already developed a fascination for nature as he did come from a line of Germanic tribes that had an interest in forestry. Although a lot of his views were not accepted by the scientific world, he had already developed many theories at a very early age. Probably his very first major theory that he developed was the theory of vortices.

For this theory, he studied the trout and how this marine creature moved in the water. He questioned how it was possible for a trout to move against the force of the water with only a small flap of their fins. Therefore, he concluded that every fluid motion follows a vortex where in the flow is a circular motion.

Another thing that he theorized was that these so called vortices were made by nature. In fact, he stated that the structure of water has so many kinds of layers that is built up on the vortex itself. The last thing that he concluded was that the vortex is densest when it is in a cold state.

With these theories, he was able to develop a lot of inventions that involved water engineering. He even used his theory on vortices to develop machines that utilizes circular motion inside its parts. Some of his creations include the log flumes, the jet turbine, and other machines that utilize hydroelectric power.

In the Second World War, he had the chance of meeting the leader of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler. Both of them had a very intense discussion on hydro powered machinery, agriculture, forestry, and engineering. It was here that he worked for the army in developing different kinds of machinery for the big German army like weapons and vehicles. However, due to some loyalty problems, he was sent to a Nazi concentration camp near the end of the war.

When the Allied Powers won World War II, he was eventually released from the concentration camp but was taken under observation by the US military for interrogation on his work with the German army. All of his inventions, documents, and papers were confiscated as he was under strict observation. Nine months later, the US military released him and he was free to keep on working on his inventions.

In his later years during the fifties, Schauberger was able to freely continue working on his inventions as he was already free from the US government. Sometime during 1958, he was invited by Robert Donner to follow him to the US in order to pursue making his inventions and making them even better. However, the project failed because he and his partners had problems with developing the inventions. So in the same year, he flew back to Austria and eventually passed away in September 25.




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