Digital twin models of replicative ground stones: insight into simulating usage of Upper Paleolithic tools.

ABSTRACT: This work presents the first attempt to create a physics-based digital twin model for predictive analysis of damage evolution during the use of ground stone tools (GSTs) in transformative tasks, encompassing the processing of raw resources for nutritional and non-alimentary purposes. The proposed methodology introduces a digital twin of the GSTs developed from 3D models generated using a photogrammetric technique based on Structure-from-Motion and Multi-View Stereo reconstruction. These models serve as the foundation for the development of the finite element (FE)-based digital twin model of the GSTs that exploits a contact formulation and the phase-field approach to simulate tool damage during pounding and grinding tasks. Defining the initial relative positions of the stones, their mechani

SUBMITTER: Marulli MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10600171 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature