Digital Twins
- Middlesex is home of the London Digital
Twin Research Centre.
- Digital twins have a complex computational model of a particular item.
- I first found out about digital twins with jet engines.
- Each modern jet engine has a digital twin. Sensors from the physical
engine lead to an update of the twin.
- This is used to suggest when the actual engine should be serviced.
- When it is serviced, the model is updated with new measurements beyond
the sensors.
- These computational models can save a lot of money as they are an
accurate model of the underlying system.
- In the case of jet engines, it can reduce unnecessary maintenance.
- Twins that are studied in the Centre include bridges and the model driven
organisation.
