In endoprosthesis surgery there are typically a high percentage of implant defects, these can lead to failure of the whole prosthesis. One type of total hip replacement function loss is acetabular cup loosening from the pelvic bone. This disertation examines manufacture perturbations as one of the possible reasons for this kind of failure. Both dimension and geometry manufacturing perturbations of ceramic head and polyethylen cup were analyzed. We find that perturbations in the variables analysed here affect considered values of contact pressure and frictional moment. Furthermore, contact pressure and frictional moment are quantities affecting replacement success and durability. From obtained results it can be recommended to fit head and cup with a clearance of between 0 mm and 0.05 mm. It can not be recommend using interference type of fit because of strong deterioration of the contact conditions. Roundness perturbation of ceramic head should not exceed 0.025 mm.

The study of particle morphology plays an important role in understanding the micromechanical behavior of cohesionless soil. Shear strength and liquefaction characteristics of granular soil depend on various morphological characteristics of soil grains such as their particle size, shape and surface texture. Therefore, accurate characterization and quantification of particle shape is necessary to study the effect of grain shape on mechanical behavior of granular assembly. However, the theoretical and practical developments of quantification of particle morphology and its influence on the mechanical response of granular assemblies has been very limited due to the lack of quantitative information about particle geometries, the experimental and numerical difficulties in characterizing and modeling irregular particle morphology. Motivated by the practical relevance of these challenges, this research presents a comprehensive approach to model irregular particle shape accurately both in two and three dimensions. To facilitate the research goal, a variety of natural and processed sand samples is collected from various locations around the world. A series of experimental and analytical studies are performed following the sample collection effort to characterize and quantify particle shapes of various sand samples by using Fourier shape descriptors. As part of the particle shape quantification and modeling, a methodology is developed to determine an optimum sample size for each sand sample used in the analysis. Recently, Discrete Element Method (DEM) has gained attention to model irregular particle morphology in two and three dimensions. In order to generate and reconstruct particle assemblies of highly irregular geometric shapes of a particular sand sample in the DEM environment, the relationship between grain size and shape is explored and no relationship is found between grain size and shape for the sand samples analyzed. A skeletonization algorithm is developed in this study in order to automate the Overlapping Discrete Element Cluster (ODEC) technique for modeling irregular particle shape in two and three dimensions. Finally, the two-dimensional and three-dimensional particle shapes are implemented within discrete element modeling software, PFC2D and PFC3D, to evaluate the influence of grain shape on shear strength behavior of granular soil by using discrete simulation of direct shear test.

Resumo: Atualmente, a fabricação é caracterizada pela sua complexidade, pluralidade de disciplinas e crescente demanda de novas ferramentas e técnicas para a solução de difíceis problemas. As redes neurais artificiais oferecem uma nova e diferente alternativa para investigar e analisar os desafiadores tópicos relacionados à manufatura. Desta forma, estudou-se neste trabalho os assuntos relacionados à aplicação das redes neurais na predição da circularidade e rugosidade da peça retificada pela análise de algumas variáveis de saída do processo. Foram empregados nos ensaios de usinagem: um fluido de corte (óleo emulsionável), um rebolo superabrasivo de CBN com ligante vitrificado e peças temperadas e revenidas de aço VC-131. Este trabalho também utilizou outras tecnologias de otimização do processo de retificação, tais como: a utilização de defletores aerodinâmicos para a quebra da camada de ar e a refrigeração otimizada por meio de um jato de fluido direcionado. Os ensaios de usinagem foram realizados para gerar a base de dados utilizada nos testes das redes neurais (ensaios computacionais). Fez-se portanto, diversos experimentos variando-se a velocidade de avanço, ou mergulho do rebolo na peça. As variáveis de saída analisadas que serviram de dados de entrada para a RNA foram: a força tangencial de corte (Ft), a energia específica de retificação (u), o desgaste diametral do rebolo, o parâmetro DPO e a emissão acústica (EA). A rugosidade e circularidade foram utilizadas para o treinamento das RNA’s. Nos testes computacionais, foram analisadas duas bases de dados: a primeira referente às médias de todos os 40 ciclos de retificação, já a segunda utilizou todos os valores destes 40 ciclos. Ainda foram examinadas diferentes combinações de dados de entrada para verificar a influência do parâmetro DPO na predição. Os resultados... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Nowadays, the manufacturing is characterized by its complexity, plurality of subjects and increasing demand of new tools and techniques for the solution of difficult problems. Artificial neural nets propose a new and different alternative to investigate and analyze the challenging topics related to the manufacturing. The objective of this work is to study the use of artificial neural nets in the prediction of roundness and roughness of a ground workpiece. It was used a CBN wheel, emulsion oil and workpieces made of VC-131 steel. This work also used other technologies of grinding optimization, such as: the use of a coolant shoe to break the air curtain layer in addition and the high pressure fluid jet. Grinding tests had been carried through to generate the database used in the artificial neural nets (computational tests). Different feed rates were used in these experiments to generate outputs such as: tangential cutting force (Ft), specific energy of grinding (u), diametrical wear of the wheel, DPO parameter and acoustic emission (EA). The roughness and roundness were used to train the RNA's. In the computational tests, it was verify the influence of the DPO parameter in the prediction as well as two different databases. The results suggest that this parameter (DPO) was not able to substitute the tangential cutting force (Ft) and the acoustic emission (EA) in the prediction. Moreover, it was verify the need of an input that represents the dynamic stiffness of the machine-tool-workpiece system to improve the roundness prediction. / Orientador: Paulo Roberto de Aguiar / Coorientador: Eduardo Carlos Bianchi / Banca: Leonardo Roberto da Silva / Banca: Rodrigo Eduardo Catai / Mestre

In endoprosthesis surgery there are typically a high percentage of implant defects, these can lead to failure of the whole prosthesis. One type of total hip replacement function loss is acetabular cup loosening from the pelvic bone. This disertation examines manufacture perturbations as one of the possible reasons for this kind of failure. Both dimension and geometry manufacturing perturbations of ceramic head and polyethylen cup were analyzed. We find that perturbations in the variables analysed here affect considered values of contact pressure and frictional moment. Furthermore, contact pressure and frictional moment are quantities affecting replacement success and durability. From obtained results it can be recommended to fit head and cup with a clearance of between 0 mm and 0.05 mm. It can not be recommend using interference type of fit because of strong deterioration of the contact conditions. Roundness perturbation of ceramic head should not exceed 0.025 mm.

Sistemas dedicados de medição são especialmente recomendados para a inspeção repetida de uma característica mecânica. Entretanto, instrumentos e sistemas de medição apresentam erros que deterioram o resultado da inspeção. Tal circunstância demanda a aplicação de técnicas de separação de erros que viabilizem o desacoplamento dos erros induzidos pelo sistema de medição daqueles apresentados pelas peças medidas. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar um sistema automatizado e dedicado à medição de erros de retilineidade e circularidade em componentes mecânicos. Um robô industrial foi empregado para operar dispositivos de medição específicos para cada tipo de medida. Entretanto, robôs industriais apresentam erros de posicionamento relativamente grandes que impedem a utilização do sistema de coordenadas do equipamento como referência para medições precisas. Para minimizar o efeito dos erros do sistema de medição sobre o valor medido, foram aplicadas técnicas multi-sensoriais de separação de erros. Na medição do erro de retilineidade, uma nova abordagem foi desenvolvida para minimizar a influência do erro de posicionamento axial dos sensores, que constitui a maior fonte de erros no processo de desacoplamento. Foram realizadas simulações computacionais e testes experimentais aplicados à medição do erro de retilineidade e de circularidade de vários artefatos que comprovaram a efetividade da metodologia utilizada. / Dedicated measuring systems are particularly recommended for the repetitive inspection of a mechanical feature. However, measuring instruments and systems present errors that deteriorate the result of the inspection. Such a circumstance demands the application of error separation techniques that perform decoupling of errors induced by the measuring system from part errors. This work aims to present an automated measuring system that is dedicated to the task of inspecting straightness and roundness errors in mechanical components. An industrial robot was employed to operate specific measuring devices for each measurement. However, industrial robots present relatively large positioning errors that prevent the use of their coordinate system as a reference to accurate measurements. In order to minimize the effect of the measuring system on the measured value, multi-probe error separation techniques were employed. On the straightness measurement, a new approach was developed to minimize the influence of the axial positioning error of the sensors, which consist of the major error source on the decoupling process. Computational simulations and experimental straightness and roundness tests were accomplished for various artefacts, which confirmed the effectiveness of the employed methodology.

Sistemas dedicados de medição são especialmente recomendados para a inspeção repetida de uma característica mecânica. Entretanto, instrumentos e sistemas de medição apresentam erros que deterioram o resultado da inspeção. Tal circunstância demanda a aplicação de técnicas de separação de erros que viabilizem o desacoplamento dos erros induzidos pelo sistema de medição daqueles apresentados pelas peças medidas. Este trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar um sistema automatizado e dedicado à medição de erros de retilineidade e circularidade em componentes mecânicos. Um robô industrial foi empregado para operar dispositivos de medição específicos para cada tipo de medida. Entretanto, robôs industriais apresentam erros de posicionamento relativamente grandes que impedem a utilização do sistema de coordenadas do equipamento como referência para medições precisas. Para minimizar o efeito dos erros do sistema de medição sobre o valor medido, foram aplicadas técnicas multi-sensoriais de separação de erros. Na medição do erro de retilineidade, uma nova abordagem foi desenvolvida para minimizar a influência do erro de posicionamento axial dos sensores, que constitui a maior fonte de erros no processo de desacoplamento. Foram realizadas simulações computacionais e testes experimentais aplicados à medição do erro de retilineidade e de circularidade de vários artefatos que comprovaram a efetividade da metodologia utilizada. / Dedicated measuring systems are particularly recommended for the repetitive inspection of a mechanical feature. However, measuring instruments and systems present errors that deteriorate the result of the inspection. Such a circumstance demands the application of error separation techniques that perform decoupling of errors induced by the measuring system from part errors. This work aims to present an automated measuring system that is dedicated to the task of inspecting straightness and roundness errors in mechanical components. An industrial robot was employed to operate specific measuring devices for each measurement. However, industrial robots present relatively large positioning errors that prevent the use of their coordinate system as a reference to accurate measurements. In order to minimize the effect of the measuring system on the measured value, multi-probe error separation techniques were employed. On the straightness measurement, a new approach was developed to minimize the influence of the axial positioning error of the sensors, which consist of the major error source on the decoupling process. Computational simulations and experimental straightness and roundness tests were accomplished for various artefacts, which confirmed the effectiveness of the employed methodology.

This companion of short essays, images and drawings are parts to a whole: a series of independent studies in search of architectural understandings. While this "project" has been underway for several years, until recently the thread of relevance between studies has been untethered. Now at the end, I come to the beginning of this book to suggest the emerging relevance to these studies: architectural harmony. And because the process of understanding is one of sorting things out, this compilation should be appreciated as such. Thus, it is by no means comprehensive or conclusive, despite its presence as a completed work. Indeed, the writing of this book is itself a sorting activity. It is not a report of absolute findings, supported by irrefutable references or statistical data points. Readers should therefore enter the book as a student, engaged in question making, discoursing with another also searching in these pages. Herein lies emerging positions, built up from root questions. Because of this, these positions will likely change with time and may never find absolute resolution. If forced to side with one position at this time, it must be the acknowledgement that there are many. Indeed, many valid positions exist and perhaps, more importantly, coexist. This is the nature of harmony as well. Harmony in architecture is less about notions of something specific, final or pleasing and is more about the poise of phenomenal states: where relationships of part to part and parts to whole form entireties whose identities are appreciable for more than their singularity or their totality. Because harmony is a ex post facto backdrop for these studies, it is not persistent theme throughout the book. Part 1 is dedicated to positions best described as taking stock; for example, taking stock of subjects, such as knots or the square; taking stock of situations and roles, such as modes of inquiry and the responsibility of design; taking stock of one's own dispositions, so to set out a consistent relationship between the players and the field of play. Part 2 describes the thesis project with demonstrations and words. Words are inevitable in discussing the work. They help articulate observations and defend design decisions and sensibilities. Some of these observations are described as if the project exists. But because an architectural thesis often uses demonstrations to provide examples in lieu of final constructions, it is hard to gauge the extent to which these speculations are imagined or drawn out by demonstration. The book concludes with Part 3. The thesis defense lecture is one distillation of harmony that closely examines a fragment of the project as an example of part and whole. Alas, it is in the very nature of using words to understand architecture, especially if the author of text and line are one in the same, that an author's a priori intentions and their a posteriori evaluations of the work are susceptible to mix. Further, such an author is faced with a paradox; on the one hand, he is the expert, on the other, he is in no position to claim ultimate authority. Compatibility between work and word exists partially in the mind and partially in the eyes. It is indeed difficult (perhaps impossible) to step outside the self enough to accurately compare and contrast word and work. With this point established, the work is not only subject to critique, but so is this evaluation of it. To conclude these preparatory remarks, as the direct benefactor of these studies, my appreciation of harmony in architecture is reaching that elusive position where, with each layer of understanding made clear, additional layers of opacity are encountered. In other words, questions are answered with yet more questions. For example, should harmony be understood as cause or effect? Does harmony exist out of time or completely in it? Thus, standard definitions are quite inadequate for architectural understandings of harmony. And while it might be helpful to break harmony down into digestible parts, this reductive inventory does not render a harmonic assembly. Furthermore, even the most lucid of explanations do not translate well into examples such to instruct. It seems the type of thing, perhaps like color, is best known through repetitive and thoughtful experience. This is just the start where even assumptions brought to the table must be checked. Despite these quandaries, my challenge for this book is to reveal something fundamental, albeit modest, to readers, and in the end, for architecture. / Master of Architecture

In der Arbeit werden normativ-technische und verfahrenstechnische Voraussetzungen zur Richtighaltung von Kreisformmessgeräten dargelegt. Dazu wird ein umfassendes Begriffssystem für die allgemeine Beschreibung von Bewegungsabweichungen von bewegten Bauteilen an Werkzeugmaschinen oder Formmessgeräten, z.B. Kreisformmessgeräten, als Grundlage für ihre Tolerierung und Messung vorgeschlagen. Bekannte Messverfahren zur Bestimmung von Rotationsabweichungen der Spindel von Kreisformmessgeräten werden theoretisch und praktisch untersucht. Es wird ein neues Messverfahren, das kontinuierliche Relativlagenmessverfahren, entwickelt und ebenfalls untersucht. Die untersuchten Messverfahren zur Bestimmung von Rotationsabweichungen ermöglichen verschiedene Messunsicherheiten bis zu weniger als 0,02 µm. Vorschläge für die Gestaltung des Prüfschemas zur Richtighaltung von Kreisformmessgeräten werden unterbreitet. auch unter: Zentralbibliothek/Magazin/MPF1443

In der Arbeit werden normativ-technische und verfahrenstechnische Voraussetzungen zur Richtighaltung von Kreisformmessgeräten dargelegt. Dazu wird ein umfassendes Begriffssystem für die allgemeine Beschreibung von Bewegungsabweichungen von bewegten Bauteilen an Werkzeugmaschinen oder Formmessgeräten, z.B. Kreisformmessgeräten, als Grundlage für ihre Tolerierung und Messung vorgeschlagen. Bekannte Messverfahren zur Bestimmung von Rotationsabweichungen der Spindel von Kreisformmessgeräten werden theoretisch und praktisch untersucht. Es wird ein neues Messverfahren, das kontinuierliche Relativlagenmessverfahren, entwickelt und ebenfalls untersucht. Die untersuchten Messverfahren zur Bestimmung von Rotationsabweichungen ermöglichen verschiedene Messunsicherheiten bis zu weniger als 0,02 µm. Vorschläge für die Gestaltung des Prüfschemas zur Richtighaltung von Kreisformmessgeräten werden unterbreitet. auch unter: Zentralbibliothek/Magazin/MPF1443:Verzeichnis der verwendeten Abkuerzungen V Vorwort VII 1. Einleitung 1 2. Grundlagen der radiusbezogenen Kreisformmessung 2 2.1. Eliminierung der Exzentrizitaet 2 2.2. Messunsicherheit der Kreisformmessung 3 2.3. Bewegung eines rotierenden Teiles 3 3. Begriffe und Definitionen zur Bewegung eines Teiles 5 3.1. Allgemeine Bemerkungen 5 3.2. Internationaler Stand 9 3.2.1. Bekannte Begriffe und Definitionen fuer die Bewegung eines Teiles 10 3.2.2. Bekannte Begriffe und Definitionen fuer die Bewegung eines rotierenden Teiles 11 3.2.3. Einschaetzung 14 3.3. Aufgabenstellung zur Erarbeitung von Begriffen und Definitionen 15 3.4. Vorschlag fuer neue Begriffe und Definitionen 16 3.4.1. Vorbemerkungen 16 3.4.2. Begriffe fuer die Verschiebung eines Punktes eines bewegten Teiles 19 3.4.2.1. Begriffe fuer die allgemeine Bewegung 19 3.4.2.2. Begriffe fuer die Rotation 21 3.4.2.3. Begriffe fuer die Translation 23 3.4.2.4. Erlaeuterungen zu den Begriffen 25 3.4.3. Begriffe fuer die Verdrehung einer Strecke eines bewegten Teiles 31 3.4.3.1. Begriffe fuer die allgemeine Bewegung 31 3.4.3.2. Begriffe fuer die Rotation und Translation 37 3.4.3.3. Erlaeuterungen zu den Begriffen 37 3.5. Vergleich und Einschaetzung der neuen Definitionen 43 3.6. Zeichnungsangaben von Bewegungs- und Verdrehungsabweichungen 49 4. Messverfahren zur Bestimmung von Rotationsabweichungen 51 4.1. Theoretische Untersuchungen 52 4.1.1. Vergleichsmessverfahren 53 4.1.2. Mehrlagenmessverfahren 54 4.1.2.1. Umkehrmessverfahren 55 4.1.2.2. Relativlagenmessverfahren 57 4.1.2.2.1. Relativlagenmessverfahren mit zwei Messstellungen 58 4.1.2.2.2. Relativlagenmessverfahren mit punktweiser Berechnung 59 4.1.2.2.3. Relativlagenmessverfahren mit Fourier-Reihen- Berechnung 60 4.1.2.3. Kontinuierliches Relativlagenmessverfahren 61 4.1.3. Weitere Messverfahren 64 4.1.3.1. Frequenztrennmessverfahren 64 4.1.3.2. Fotodiodensignalmessverfahren 65 4.1.4. Einschaetzung 66 4.2. Messtechnische Untersuchungen 67 4.2.1. Relativlagenmessverfahren mit punktweiser Berechnung 68 4.2.2. Vergleichsmessverfahren 73 4.2.3. Kontinuierliches Relativlagenmessverfahren 76 4.2.4. Einschaetzung 86 4.3. Messverfahren zur Richtighaltung von Kreisformmessgeraeten 87 5. Metrologische Richtighaltung 88 5.1. Pruefschema fuer Kreisformmessgeraete 90 5.1.1. Spezialnormal der Laenge fuer die Kreisform 91 5.1.2. Referenznormale 91 5.1.3. Arbeitsmessmittel 92 5.2. Pruefvorschriften fuer Kreisformmessmittel 93 5.2.1. Pruefvorschriften fuer die Eichung der Haupt- normale 93 5.2.2. Betriebliche Pruefvorschriften fuer Kreisformmessgeraete 93 5.3. Einschaetzung 95 6. Weitere Aufgaben 95 Verzeichnis der Anmerkungen 97 Literaturverzeichnis 98 Verzeichnis der Abbildungen 105 Verzeichnis der Anlagen 108 Anlagen 110 Thesen

Les mosaïques de paysages dessinées par les cours d’eau sont le fruit de fonctionnements complexes. Ces fonctionnements sont appréhendés à divers échelles spatio-temporelles (e.g, bassin versant, secteurs fonctionnels, macroformes alluviales ou particules sédimentaires) décrites au sein du concept de système fluvial. Le fonctionnement des systèmes fluviaux s’établissent autour d’équilibres sédimentaires mettant en balance les flux liquides et solides. C’est pourquoi, l’état géomorphologique des cours d’eau à charge sédimentaire graveleuse peut être décrit au travers d’un prisme sédimentaire par l’observation de tendances générales à large échelles, de phénomènes plus ou moins localisés tels que l’incision, l’engravement, la migration des formes sédimentaires ou des modifications des propriétés géométriques des particules constituant la charge sédimentaire. Ainsi, la meilleure connaissance du rôle des flux sédimentaires actuels et passés dans l’état géomorphologique pour la prédiction des trajectoires hydrosédimentaires des cours, répond à des objectifs à la fois écologiques (la perméabilité de la nappe d’alluvions et de la zone hyporhéique exercent des fonctions auto-épuratrices (Datry et al., 2008), la faune benthique est la base de la chaîne alimentaire des écosystèmes fluviaux), politiques (liés à la gestion des risques d’inondation et d’érosion des terres ou d’ouvrages d’ingénierie) ou encore philosophiques (quel fonctionnement de référence pour quel système fluvial ? Quelle implication et quel rôle pour l’Homme dans le fonctionnement de ces systèmes anthropisés à divers degrés ?). Aussi, le développement d’outils et de méthodologie(s) pour la caractérisation des flux sédimentaires ou des processus observés en rivières constitue un axe de recherche important en constante émulsion. Les recherches que nous avons engagés sont articulées autour de trois axes interdépendants : (1) les propriétés physiques des particules sédimentaires, (2) leur mobilité et (3) leur transformation par abrasion. Dans le cadre de ce typique, nous avons cherché à lever le doute subsistant concernant le rôle de la fracturation de traceurs naturels (calcaires) équipés de transpondeurs passifs basses fréquences (PIT-tag) et à tester l’intérêt de l’utilisation de galets synthétiques pour la conception de nouveaux traceurs équipés de transpondeurs actifs ultra hautes fréquences (a-UHF). Nous avons ensuite testé le potentiel de ces transpondeurs (a-UHF), dont les caractéristiques d’émission sont mieux adaptées que celles des PIT-tag à l’étude du fonctionnement des macroformes fluviale à l’échelle de tronçons fonctionnels, puis avons développé une méthodologie de recherche en rivière spécifique à ces nouveaux traceurs. Par ailleurs, Nous avons testé la sensibilité à divers paramètres d’entrée d’un programme de calcul d’émoussé de particules sédimentaires grossières, en avons validé son intérêt pour l’analyse (1) des relations entre évolution des indices d’émoussé et abrasion de la masse sédimentaire et (2) du fonctionnement hydrosédimentaire d’un bassin versant et avons formulé les recommandations nécessaires de respecter pour sa bonne utilisation. Enfin, nous avons cherché à comparer les influences respectives de la densité et de la forme des particules sédimentaires pendant leur transport par charriage. Ces résultats soulignent l’influence au moins aussi grande de la forme comparée à la mobilité, sur le déplacement des particules sédimentaires. / The influence of fluvial systems dynamics on riverine landscape patterns is the consequence of complex ecosystem dynamics. These driving factors can be analysed at different spatiotemporal scales of the fluvial system (for example: river basin, functional units, alluvial megaforms or sedimentary particles). The dynamic of fluvial systems depends on the equilibrium between solid and liquid fluids. For this reason, the geomorphological status of watercourses can be described from a sedimentary perspective taking into account general trends at large scale, local characteristics such as incision, aggradation, sedimentary migration or the alteration of particles’ geometrical properties that constitute bed load. Thus, a better understanding of the influence of past and present sedimentary flows on the geomorphological status of watercourses has at the same time an ecological impact (permeability of both the alluvial layer and the hyporheic zone and its self-filtration function (Datry et al., 2008)), a political impact (related to flood management, erosion risks and issues or hydraulic facilities) or even a philosophical issue (what is the appropriate reference for what fluvial system? What is the role of Humanity on these anthropized environments and at what extent?).Thus, the development of methodological tools to characterize sedimentary flows or the observed dynamics on rivers, is considered a major and rising research issue. The research studies described in this thesis are structured in three distinct topics: (1) physical properties of sedimentary particles; (2) their mobility; (3) their transformation as a consequence of abrasion.In this context, we have analysed the relationship between breakage and low recovery rates for natural tracers (limestone pebbles) equipped with low frequency passive transponders (PIT-tag). In addition, we have tested the use of synthetic pebbles to create new tracers equipped with high frequency active transponders (a-UHF), more performant than PIT-tags. Secondly, we have developed a new search and location field methodology specially, adapted to these new transponders. Thirdly, we have tested the sensibility of the toolbox developed by Roussillon et al. (2009), design to measure the roundness of coarse sedimentary particles, to different entry parameters. We have confirmed its interest to (1) analyse the relationship between particles normalized abrasion and its roundness trends; (2) analyse the hydrosedimentary dynamics at a river basin scale. We have included several recommendations to apply this toolbox in the appropriate conditions. Finally, we have performed a comparative analysis between particles’ density and shape and its influence on bedrock transport. These results highlight the significant influence of shape on travelled distance in comparison with density.