{"id":8605,"date":"2019-12-02T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/?p=8605"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T10:17:23","slug":"a-short-tale-of-a-digital-twin-a-simple-simcenter-scadas-and-the-secrets-of-violins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/a-short-tale-of-a-digital-twin-a-simple-simcenter-scadas-and-the-secrets-of-violins\/","title":{"rendered":"A short tale of a digital twin, a simple Simcenter SCADAS and the secrets of violins…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How Simcenter helps reveal the data behind the sound<\/strong> through digital twin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I must admit: the Simcenter\u2122 portfolio<\/a> can take you to unexpected places. Over the years, I have found myself holding interviews in state-of-the-art anechoic test chambers at Ford in Detroit, talking tech while robots and AGVs build Electrolux dishwashers<\/a> in Solaro, Italy , and just recently, I found myself cruising along at 75 km per hour in a Zodiac powered by a COX Marine engine. (More about that one later\u2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I love about Simcenter storytelling is that every story is unique and filled with passionate people, creative and innovative solutions, and healthy portions of we-can-change-the-world aspiration, but this story about the <\/a>Associazione Liutaria Italiana<\/a><\/em> (ALI) <\/a>is especially close to my heart. One, it is a story I have been following for over a decade. Two, it is a story of pure beauty and pure science. (Da Vinci would be proud.) And three, it is a story of one of the most uncanny combinations possible: historic violins and Simcenter SCADAS testing hardware. In other words, it is a story begging to be told\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Acoustic measurements to assess essential data to create a digital twin<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

From MUSICOS to ALI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This wasn\u2019t the first time that I interviewed Dr. Ravina. About a decade ago, I had the privilege of interviewing him for an article about his research project at the former MUSICOS organization (Multidisciplinary Research Centre for Choral and Instrumental Music) at the University of Genoa. Unfortunately, the activity of MUSICOS ended in 2013, but Professor Ravina continued his research project with ALI, which is based in Cremona, the hometown of Guarneri and Stradivari, among others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core idea behind the research project was to apply modal analysis techniques to collect data using Simcenter SCADAS<\/a> testing hardware and analyze it in Simcenter\u2122 Testlab\u2122<\/a> software to unlock the vibro-acoustic secrets of violins and other string instruments. More than a decade later, the project has progressed from modal analysis using the Simcenter testing solutions to complete digital twin studies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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