Digital twin and its implementations in the civil engineering sector

F Jiang, L Ma, T Broyd, K Chen - Automation in Construction, 2021 - Elsevier
Digital Twin (DT) concept has recently emerged in civil engineering; however, some
problems still need to be addressed. First, DT can be easily confused with Building …

A decade of modern bridge monitoring using terrestrial laser scanning: Review and future directions

M Rashidi, M Mohammadi, S Sadeghlou Kivi… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, particular interest in using state-of-the-art emerging technologies for
inspection, assessment, and management of civil infrastructures has remarkably increased …

Falls from heights: A computer vision-based approach for safety harness detection

W Fang, L Ding, H Luo, PED Love - Automation in construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Falls from heights (FFH) are major contributors of injuries and deaths in construction. Yet,
despite workers being made aware of the dangers associated with not wearing a safety …

Critical review of data-driven decision-making in bridge operation and maintenance

C Wu, P Wu, J Wang, R Jiang, M Chen… - Structure and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Bridges are critical infrastructure, and effective operation and maintenance (O&M) is
essential for ensuring the good condition of bridges. Owing to the increasing complexity of …

Digital twinning of existing reinforced concrete bridges from labelled point clusters

R Lu, I Brilakis - Automation in construction, 2019 - Elsevier
The automation of digital twinning for existing reinforced concrete bridges from point clouds
remains an unresolved problem. Whilst current methods can automatically detect bridge …

Digital twin aided vulnerability assessment and risk-based maintenance planning of bridge infrastructures exposed to extreme conditions

S Kaewunruen, J Sresakoolchai, W Ma, O Phil-Ebosie - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past centuries, millions of bridge infrastructures have been constructed globally.
Many of those bridges are ageing and exhibit significant potential risks. Frequent risk-based …

Digital twin-enabled built environment sensing and monitoring through semantic enrichment of BIM with SensorML

T Wang, VJL Gan, D Hu, H Liu - Automation in Construction, 2022 - Elsevier
Effective environmental condition monitoring provides constant surveillance of the built
environment and reveals deteriorations that could impact the daily operation of facilities …

Framework for automated UAS-based structural condition assessment of bridges

G Morgenthal, N Hallermann, J Kersten… - Automation in …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a coherent framework for automated unmanned aircraft system based
inspections of large bridges to facilitate an automated condition assessment. Modern …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of TLS-derived Bridge Information Modeling (BrIM) with a Decision Support System (DSS) for digital twinning and asset management of bridge …

M Mohammadi, M Rashidi, Y Yu, B Samali - Computers in Industry, 2023 - Elsevier
In the current modern era of information and technology, the concept of Building Information
Modeling (BIM), has made revolutionary changes in different aspects of engineering design …

[PDF][PDF] A review of digital twin applications in construction.

OC Madubuike, CJ Anumba, R Khallaf - Journal of Information Technology …, 2022 - itcon.org
The emergence of digital twin technology presents tremendous opportunities for several
industry sectors. A digital twin is defined as the virtual representation of a physical asset that …