Skyscraper is able to melt machine Bashny.Net

This convinced the Briton, who left the car on parkovke



Last Thursday Martin Lindsay parked his Jaguar XJ across the street from 37-etazhnogobiznes center, designed by Rafael Viñoly Uruguayan designer - a skyscraper of steel and glass on Fenchurch Street in London, and went on her way. When he returned, he found that his car was melted by sunlight reflecting off a skyscraper, is under construction.





Parked in the "hot spot" where the concentrated light is reflected from the mirror surface of the building, the jaguar began to melt: damaged panels and mirrors. Developers building, nicknamed «Walkie Talkie» for its unusual shape, has agreed to pay damages, which amounted to £ 946.





Chris Shepherd Institute of Physics explained that because of the curvature of the window, in this case acting as mirrors, the light is focused and concentrated in one point. Concrete or brick surface scatters light - only 10-20% of sunlight falling on a building, reflected from it, and the rest of the light is scattered. The glass surface also may reflect nearly 100% of the solar light and to transmit at one point one straight beam, in other words, the building acts as a magnifying glass. It was enough that the machine for a long time, stood by the reflected rays warmed up and began to melt.





This form gives the building designers specifically - is planned to generate electricity from solar energy. Fortunately, London - not too sunny city, so much of a problem for the car will not make it. The creators of the building say that the effect can cause inconvenience for only a couple of weeks in the year.









via factroom.ru