International Journal of Rotating Machinery
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 692748, 10 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/692748
Research Article

Numerical Analysis of Flow Field in Generator End-Winding Region

Wei Tong1,2

1Kollmorgen Motors and Drives, Danaher Corporation, Radford, VA 24141, USA
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA

Received 16 October 2007; Accepted 19 February 2008

Academic Editor: Yoji Okita

Copyright © 2008 Wei Tong. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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