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The document outlines a project investigating how continuous heating and cooling cycles affect the thermal behavior of metals in a simulated data-center environment. It aims to understand the response of metals to heat, including heating and cooling rates, heat retention, and temperature changes over time. A simulation model will be used to collect data on temperature variations during repeated cycles of heating and cooling.

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Science PBL

The document outlines a project investigating how continuous heating and cooling cycles affect the thermal behavior of metals in a simulated data-center environment. It aims to understand the response of metals to heat, including heating and cooling rates, heat retention, and temperature changes over time. A simulation model will be used to collect data on temperature variations during repeated cycles of heating and cooling.

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Driving Question

How do continuous heating and cooling cycles in a simulated data-center environment


influence the thermal behaviour of metals over time?

Why I Chose This Topic


In today’s world, almost everything depends on data centers, such as online classes, cloud
storage, apps, and websites. These data centers run continuously and produce a large amount
of heat. Metals are widely used in data centers for server racks, frames, and support structures
because they are strong and durable.

I wanted to understand what happens to these metals when they are exposed to heat again and
again, followed by cooling. Since real data centers cannot be tested in a school lab, I decided to
create a small simulation to study how metals behave under continuous heating and cooling
conditions.

What Thermal Behaviour Means in This Project


In this project, thermal behaviour refers to how a metal responds to heat energy.

This includes:

●​ how quickly the metal heats up


●​ how quickly it cools down
●​ how much heat it retains
●​ how its temperature changes over time
●​ whether its heating and cooling pattern changes after repeated cycles

The project does not study chemical changes in metals. It focuses only on temperature
change and heat transfer.

Aim
The aim of this investigation is to study & experiment how continuous heating and cooling
cycles affect the thermal behaviour of different metals in a simulated data-center environment.
Hypothesis
I think that when metals are repeatedly heated and cooled, their thermal behaviour will show
noticeable patterns. Some metals may heat up faster, while others may retain heat for a longer
time due to differences in their physical properties. I also predict that repeated heating and
cooling may slightly affect how efficiently metals release heat over time.

Experimental Method - Simulation Model of a Data Center


Since a real data center cannot be tested, a simplified model will be used.

In this simulation:

●​ Hot water represents heat produced by servers


●​ Metal samples represent server racks
●​ Repeated heating and cooling represent continuous operation

The metal will be heated for a fixed time, and temperature readings will be taken at regular
intervals. The metal will then be allowed to cool, and the temperature will again be recorded.
This process will be repeated for several cycles.

Data Collection
During the experiment, the following data will be collected:

●​ temperature of metal at different times


●​ temperature during heating
●​ temperature during cooling
●​ Changes of temperature across multiple cycles

This data will be recorded in tables and represented using temperature time graphs.

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