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2024

Knowledge-Based Engineering Design Supported by a Digital Twin Platform

Authors
Berwanger, S; Silva, HD; Soares, AL; Coutinho, C;

Publication
PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT: LEVERAGING DIGITAL TWINS, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION, PT I, PLM 2023

Abstract
Data generated throughout the product development lifecycle is often unused to its full potential, particularly for improving the engineering design process. Although Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) approaches are not new, the Digital Twin (DT) concept is giving new momentum to it, fostering the availability of lifecycle data with the potential to be transformed into new design knowledge. This approach creates an opportunity to research howdigital infrastructures and new knowledge-based processes can be articulated to implement more effective KBE approaches. This paper describes how combining a DT-based Digital Platform (DP) with new engineering design processes can improve Knowledge Management (KM) in product design. A case study of a company in the energy sector highlights the challenges and benefits of this approach.

2024

Digital Twin em cidades inteligentes no Brasil: revisão integrativa da literatura - Digital twin in smart cities in Brazil: an integrative literature review

Authors
Mendonça, TC; Soares, AL; Cavalcanti, VOdM; Varvakis, G;

Publication
AtoZ: novas práticas em informação e conhecimento

Abstract
Introdução/objetivo: O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a literatura acadêmica atual sobre smart cities (cidades inteligentes) no Brasil com evidências de aplicação da tecnologia Digital Twin (gêmeo digital) ou Digital Shadow (sombra digital). Método: A Revisão Integrativa da Literatura foi utilizada como instrumento de pesquisa, analisando nos artigos: a) objetivo; b) método de pesquisa; c) objeto de estudo (local); d) aplicação da Digital Twin ou Digital Shadow; e) Resultado e conclusões. Resultados: Portfólio com 25 artigos sobre o tema e a análise qualitativa quanto ao objetivo, método, local de estudo, tecnologia Digital Twin, Digital Shadow e resultados. Estudos com elementos da Digital Shadow são percebidos timidamente em dois casos de cidades inteligentes no Brasil. Conclusão: As tecnologias inteligentes das cidades devem ser centradas nos interesses dos usuários para não perder a sua humanidade. Cabe acrescentar que as necessidades das pessoas mudam e, com isso, as tecnologias inteligentes devem ter visão de futuro, com vistas a antecipar as necessidades das gerações futuras. A tecnologia Digital Twin é um modelo que pode contribuir neste sentido, monitorando e provendo a leitura de cenários futuros de cidades inteligentes.

2024

Digital Twin in smart cities in Brazil: an integrative literature review

Authors
Mendonça, TC; Soares, AL; Cavalcanti, VOD; Rados, GJV;

Publication
ATOZ-NOVAS PRATICAS EM INFORMACAO E CONHECIMENTO

Abstract
Introduction/Objective: the objective of this article is to analyze the current academic literature on smart cities in Brazil with evidence of the application of Digital Twin or Digital Shadow technology. Method: Integrative Literature Review was used as the research instrument, analyzing in the articles: a) objective; b) research method; c) study subject (location); d) application of Digital Twin or Digital Shadow; e) Results and conclusions. Results: portfolio with 25 articles on the topic and qualitative analysis regarding objective, method, study location, Digital Twin technology, Digital Shadow, and results. Studies with elements of Digital Shadow are perceived timidly in two cases of smart cities in Brazil. Conclusions: smart city technologies should be centered on the interests of users to not lose their humanity. It is worth adding that people's needs change and, therefore, smart technologies should have a forward-looking vision to anticipate the needs of future generations. Digital Twin technology is a model that can contribute in this sense, monitoring and providing readings of future scenarios for smart cities.

2024

Comparative Analysis of Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods for Bus Washing Process Selection: A Case Study

Authors
Avila, P; Mota, A; Oliveira, E; Castro, H; Ferreira, LP; Bastos, J; Nuno, OF; Moreira, J;

Publication
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING

Abstract
Water is at the core of sustainable development, and its use for human activities, including vehicle washing, should be done in a sustainable way. There are several technical solutions for washing buses offering different performances, making it difficult to choose the one that best meets the requirements of each specific case. The literature on the topic hardly analyzes the choice of the best technical solution for washing buses and does not apply and compare the results of different multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methods for the problem. The unique information available is from the different suppliers in the market. Whereby, this work intends to give a technical-scientific contribution to fulfill this gaps. Therefore, the main objectives of this work are (1) to select the best sustainable technical solutions for washing buses depending on the specific conditions for a case study and (2) to analyze how different multicriteria decision-making methods behave in the selection process. To achieve these objectives, the problem was approached as a case study in a public transport company in Portugal and the methodology followed the next steps: started with the identification of the different types of commercial technical solutions for washing buses; the company's experts selected four main criteria: water consumption, operating costs, quality of washing, and time spent; the criteria weights were determined using the fuzzy-AHP method; then four representative MCDM methods were selected, namely, AHP, ELECTRE, TOPSIS, and SMART; the ranks obtained for the four methods were compared; and a sensitivity analysis was performed. Considering the input data for the criteria and their weights, the results for all the methods showed that the best and the worst solution was the same, mobile portico with a brush and porticoes with three brushes, respectively. Furthermore, the results of the sensitivity analysis performed with disturbances for the weights of each criterion presented that the results are slightly affected and the similarity in rankings for the four MCDM methods was validated by Spearman's rank correlation coefficient (rs) and Kendall's coefficient of concordance (W). Considering these results, the SMART method, the less complex one, showed no difference from the others. For that reason, simple methods, such as SMART, in line with other works in the literature perform well in most cases. As a final remark of this work, it can be said that the methodology employed in this project can also be deemed applicable to other similar companies seeking technical solutions for bus or truck washing. Furthermore, the application of the SMART method, the less complex one and the most understandable for people, showed no difference from the others, being able to be applied in similar situations.

2024

Supervised and unsupervised techniques in textile quality inspections

Authors
Ferreira, HM; Carneiro, DR; Guimaraes, MA; Oliveira, FV;

Publication
5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRY 4.0 AND SMART MANUFACTURING, ISM 2023

Abstract
Quality inspection is a critical step in ensuring the quality and efficiency of textile production processes. With the increasing complexity and scale of modern textile manufacturing systems, the need for accurate and efficient quality inspection and defect detection techniques has become paramount. This paper compares supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning techniques for defect detection in the context of industrial textile production, in terms of their respective advantages and disadvantages, and their implementation and computational costs. We explore the use of an autoencoder for the detection of defects in textiles. The goal of this preliminary work is to find out if unsupervised methods can successfully train models with good performance without the need for defect labelled data. (c) 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.

2024

Fabric Defect Detection and Localization

Authors
Oliveira, F; Carneiro, D; Ferreira, H; Guimaraes, M;

Publication
ADVANCES IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MANUFACTURING, ESAIM 2023

Abstract
Quality inspection is crucial in the textile industry as it ensures that the final products meet the required standards. It helps detect and address defects, such as fabric flaws and stitching irregularities, enhancing customer satisfaction, and optimizing production efficiency by identifying areas of improvement, reducing waste, and minimizing rework. In the competitive textile market, it is vital for maintaining customer loyalty, brand reputation, and sustained success. Nonetheless, and despite the importance of quality inspection, it is becoming increasingly harder to hire and train people for such tedious and repetitive tasks. In this context, there is an increased interest in automated quality control techniques that can be used in the industrial domain. In this paper we describe a computer vision model for localizing and classifying different types of defects in textiles. The model developed achieved an mAP@0.5 of 0.96 on the validation dataset. While this model was trained with a publicly available dataset, we will soon use the same architecture with images collected from Jacquard looms in the context of a funded research project. This paper thus represents an initial validation of the model for the purposes of fabric defect detection.

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