ABSTRACT
Over the last two decades, Digital Twins (DTs) have become the intelligent representation of future development in industrial production and daily life. Consisting of over 50 chapters by more than 100 contributors, this comprehensive handbook explains the concept, architecture, design specification and application scenarios of DTs.
As a virtual model of a process, product or service to pair the virtual and physical worlds, DTs allow data analysis and system monitoring by using simulations. The fast-growing technology has been widely studied and developed in recent years. Featured with centralization, integrity and dynamics, it is cost-effective to drive innovation and performance. Many fields saw the adaptation and implementation across industrial production, healthcare, smart city, transportation and logistics. World-famous enterprises such as Siemens, Tesla, ANSYS and General Electric have built smart factories and pioneered digital production, heading towards Industry 4.0.
This book aims to provide an in-depth understanding and reference of DTs to technical personnel in the field, students and scholars of related majors, and general readers interested in intelligent industrial manufacturing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|10 pages
Introduction
part 2|71 pages
Thinking about Digital Twins
chapter 2|17 pages
What Is Digital and What Are We Twinning?
chapter 5|16 pages
Structural Integrity Preservation of Built Cultural Heritage
part 3|117 pages
Digital Twins Technology
part 4|134 pages
Digital Twins Design and Standard
chapter 19|14 pages
Design and Operationalization of Digital Twins in Robotized Applications
part 5|103 pages
Digital Twins in Management
chapter 25|18 pages
Digital Twins for Lifecycle Management
part 6|162 pages
Digital Twins in Industry
chapter 30|16 pages
Conceptualization and Design of a Digital Twin for Industrial Logistic Systems
part 7|122 pages
Digital Twins in Building
chapter 35|14 pages
3D City Models in Planning Activities
chapter 40|18 pages
Developing a Construction Digital Twin for Bridges
chapter 41|18 pages
Urban-Scale Digital Twins and Sustainable Environmental Design
part 8|61 pages
Digital Twins in Transportation
part 9|70 pages
Digital Twins in Energy
part 10|48 pages
Digital Twins in Medicine and Life