Spur gear design with different parameters Calculation of gear bending stress with graphical and finite element method The effects of gear design parameters on gear bending stress Figure A. Stress analysis with graphical method and finite element method for different design parameters Purpose: A modified analytical method is tried out to determine gear tooth bending stress. Theory and Methods: The mathematical model of involute spur gear is constituted by using tool geometry, coordinate transformation, differential geometry and gearing theory. The points of gear are obtained with generated MATLAB program and 3D design of gears are realized with CATIA. Graphical method is used to obtain bending stress and the method is validated with finite element analysis in ANSYS. Results: Bending stress results are presented for different gear parameters (module, tooth number, pressure angle, profile shifting, and tip radius) during the study with using both graphical and finite element method. Conclusion: Graphical method ensures accurate results in view of bending stress of spur gears with different parameters according to FEA results. Graphical method could be used for bending stress evaluation of involute spur gears. One of the most effective parameter on bending stress is tip radius of cutter tool.