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Early Stage Digital Twins for Early Stage Engineering Design

Part of: Knowledge-based Engineering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

David Edward Jones ,
Chris Snider ,
Lee Kent  and
Ben Hicks

Abstract

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ABSTRACT

While extensive modelling - both physical and virtual - is imperative to develop right-first-time products, the parallel use of virtual and physical models gives rise to two interrelated issues: the lack of revision control for physical prototypes; and the need for designers to manually inspect, measure, and interpret modifications to either virtual or physical models, for subsequent update of the other. The Digital Twin paradigm addresses similar problems later in the product life-cycle, and while these digital twins, or the “twinning” process, have shown significant value, there is little work to date on their implementation in the earlier design stages. With large prospective benefits in increased product understanding, performance, and reduced design cycle time and cost, this paper explores the concept of using the Digital Twin in early design, including an introduction to digital twinning, examination of opportunities for and challenges of their implementation, a presentation of the structure of Early Stage Twins, and evaluation via two implementation cases.

Keywords

Design engineeringDesign informaticsDesign managementEarly design phasesNew product development
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 2557 - 2566
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