Shaping the digital twin for design and production engineering
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A Digital Twin consists of three primary components: the physical system, the virtual system, and the service system, along with Digital Twin Data that continuously connect these elements.
“A Digital Twin consists of three primary components: the physical system, the virtual system, and the service system, along with Digital Twin Data that continuously connect these elements [4,100].”
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The simulation capabilities related to the Digital Twin concept are very useful for planning and projecting products.
“In addition, the simulation capabilities related to the Digital Twin concept are very useful for planning and projecting products [33][34].”
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- Authors
- Schleich, B., Anwer, N., Mathieu, L., & Wartzack, S.
- Affiliations
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Schleich, Benjamin
- Venue
- CIRP Annals
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 141-144
- ISSN
- 0007-8506 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2605428484
- Cited by
- 1,305
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 106 · 2025: 135 · 2024: 185 · 2023: 191 · 2022: 179 · 2021: 178 · 2020: 177 · 2019: 104 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 98.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hal.science
- Licence
- Locations
- CIRP Annals (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Digital Transformation in Industry
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Manufacturing Process and Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering › Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Keywords
- digital twin, reference model, design for manufacturing, product life cycle, digitalization of manufacturing
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