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IVeT

Unified Architecture for interactive digital twins

Every year, zettabytes of data are generated in research and industrial appli- Period
cations for the control, condition monitoring and optimization of plants and 01.08.2019 – 01.10.2020
structures. Frequently, there is no direct feedback of the information gained
into development. In contrast, the data is available for a very short time, but Project Director
this information is only incorporated into new development cycles, in multi- Dr.-Ing. Angelos Filippatos
stage follow-up steps.
Contact Person
Digital twins represent a significant innovation to accelerate the extraction Dr.-Ing. Angelos Filippatos
and flow of information such as process parameters and to enable them in Minh Nguyen
real time applications. These are virtual images of physical structures and re-
lationships and their targeted structuring and linking of diverse data from a
wide range of phases in the product life cycle.

The intrinsic research project IVeT explored how novel tools can be used to
efficiently develop Digital Twins and integrate them into the product devel-
opment cycle. A rotor test bed was set up for this purpose for application in
multi-material design. The data obtained was used to determine the structural
dynamic behavior of FRP rotor under ice accretion. Wind turbines are one
application example. The identification of necessary interfaces and software
technologies for universal data transport was a central goal in the construc-
tion and developement of the test bed.

IVeT architecture shown on the example of
an rotor test bench connected to its digital
twin via the digital thread

The three main development stages
of a digital twin based on their data
exchange capabilities

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