Digital twin framework for enabling serial construction
- Modularized construction with precast concrete elements has many advantages, such as shorter construction times, higher quality, flexibility, and lower costs. These advantages are mainly due to its potential for prefabrication and series production. However, the production processes are still craftsmanship, and automation rarely occurs. Fundamental to the automation of production is digitization. In recent years, the manufacturing industry made significant progress through the intelligent networking of components, machines, and processes in the introduction of Industry 4.0. A key concept of Industry 4.0 is the digital twin, which represents both components and machines, thus creating a dynamic network in which the participants can communicate with each other. So far, BIM and digital twins in construction have focused mainly on the structure as a whole and do not consider feedback loops from production at the component level. This paper proposes a framework for a digital twin for the industrialized production of precast concrete elements in series production based on the asset administration shell (AAS) from the context of Industry 4.0. For this purpose, relevant production processes are identified, and their information requirements are derived. Data models and corresponding AAS for precast concrete parts will be created for the identified processes. The functionalities of the presented digital twin are demonstrated using the use case of quality control for a precast concrete wall element. The result shows how data can be exchanged with the digital twin and used for decision-making.
Author: | Simon KosseORCiDGND, Oliver VogtGND, Mario WolfGND, Markus KönigORCiDGND, Detlef GerhardORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-101739 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fbuil.2022.864722 |
Parent Title (English): | Frontiers in built environment |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Place of publication: | Lausanne |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2023/09/19 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/04/25 |
Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
Tag: | Open Access Fonds automation; digital twin; industry 4.0; internet of things; precast elements |
Volume: | 8 |
Issue: | Article 864722 |
First Page: | 864722-1 |
Last Page: | 864722-20 |
Note: | Article Processing Charge funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Open Access Publication Fund of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. |
Institutes/Facilities: | Lehrstuhl für Informatik im Bauwesen |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / Ingenieurbau, Umwelttechnik |
open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
faculties: | Fakultät für Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften |
Licence (English): | Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |