The value of Digital Twins can only be realized if Digital Twins and their virtual environment contain the same data and resulting information as their corresponding Physical Twins and real-world environment. This means that the need for more extensive, faster, and richer sensing of the physical world will dramatically increase as valuable use cases proliferate. In addition, we will evolve from working in physical or virtual environments to integrating and working simultaneously in both environments. Dr. Grieves discusses his views on the opportunities and issues of this evolution.

A research paper specifically focused on the railway point (also called a switch or turnout) – the asset utilised for switching and locking rails, “slipping a track into two or more different tracks”.

A case study that walks through the practical issues faced when trying to reduce maintenance costs with a manufacturing digital twin

An article focused on bridges, but with learnings for assets made complex given the need to design whilst building, structural tensions, material issues, and rush to build.

This paper on electronic rail digital twins, presented at the Power Electronics, Drive Systems, and Technologies Conference focuses on the need for precision to execute an exact simulation of the performance of real physical system.

Report on a digital twin developed to understand the structural health of a 47-year-old pumped storage station (first operational in 1974), and determine if the asset could continue to operate safely into the future.

This short article discusses the increasing skills shortage (10 plus years industry experience) facing the oil and gas sector.

An interesting article advocating for digital twin adoption as a step on from BIM.

A case study from Xylem with quantified ROI from the implementation of Xylem smart wastewater technology for the City of South Bend, Indiana.