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The Scientific World Journal
Volume 2014, Article ID 363274, 14 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/363274
Research Article

Numerical Investigation of Galloping Instabilities in Z-Shaped Profiles

Ignacio Gomez,1 Miguel Chavez,1 Gustavo Alonso,2 and Eusebio Valero1

1E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2IDR/UPM, E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Received 12 March 2014; Accepted 29 May 2014; Published 25 June 2014

Academic Editor: Ángel Sanz-Andrés

Copyright © 2014 Ignacio Gomez et al. 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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