TY - JOUR N2 - Disk motors are characterized by the axial direction of main magnetic flux and the variable length of the magnetic flux path along varying stator/rotor radii. This is why it is generally accepted that reliable electromagnetic calculations for such machines should be carried out using the FEM for 3D models. The 3D approach makes it possible to take into account an entire spectrum of different effects. Such computational analysis is very time-consuming, this is in particular true for machines with one magnetic axis only. An alternate computational method based on a 2D FEM model of a cylindrical motor is proposed in the paper. The obtained calculation results have been verified by means of lab test results for a physical model. The proposed method leads to a significant decrease of computational time, i.e. the decrease of iterative search for the most advantageous design. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/115100/PDF/16_AEE_1_2020.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/115100 PY - 2020 IS - No 1 EP - 244 DO - 10.24425/aee.2020.131770 KW - computational methods KW - disk motors KW - induction motors A1 - Wolnik, Tomasz PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 69 DA - 2020.03.03 T1 - Alternate computational method for induction disk motor based on 2D FEM model of cylindrical motor SP - 233 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/115100 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -