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Exploring the Applications of Digital Twin Technology in Enhancing Sustainability in Civil Engineering: A Review

by Jiamin Huang^1,2, Ping Wu^2,*, Wangxin Li³, Jun Zhang², Yidong Xu²

1 School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing Jiaotong University, Chongqing, 400074, China
2 School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, NingboTech University, Ningbo, 315100, China
3 School of Civil Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China

* Corresponding Author: Ping Wu. Email:

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring 2024, 18(5), 577-598. https://doi.org/10.32604/sdhm.2024.050338

Received 03 February 2024; Accepted 10 April 2024; Issue published 19 July 2024

Abstract

With the advent of the big data era and the rise of Industrial Revolution 4.0, digital twins (DTs) have gained significant attention in various industries. DTs offer the opportunity to combine the physical and digital worlds and aid the digital transformation of the civil engineering industry. In this paper, 605 documents obtained from the search were first analysed using CiteSpace for literature visualisation, and an author co-occurrence network, a keyword co-occurrence network, and a keyword clustering set were obtained. Next, through a literature review of 86 papers, this paper summarises the current status of DT application in civil engineering based on a review of the origins, concepts, and implementation techniques of DTs, and it introduces the application of DTs in the full project lifecycle. This study shows that DTs have great potential to address many of the challenges faced by civil engineering. In this regard, the paper also presents some thoughts on the future directions of DT research.

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