A Distance Teaching Experience in Gear Design with Autodesk Inventor

Power transmission systems are subjected, under operating conditions, to diverse kinds of loads. Their failure is studied, from a theoretical point of view, in Machine Design subjects in Engineering Schools. This paper presents the procedure, proposed to students who study the subject through distance education, for modelling and analysing the stresses on a gear transmissionGear Transmission, based on the Finite Element Method (FEM). Nowadays, FEM is a widely used tool for stress analysis and deflection in mechanical design. Considering the importance of this kind of tool, Autodesk Inventor is used to perform the analysis of a mechanical system. This analysis is a suitable complement to the explanations and theoretical developments presented during the teaching activity, serves as a support to student learning, and is used as part of the continuous evaluation.