Fellows

Myrella Vieira Cabral

Myrella Vieira Cabral is a PhD candidate in aeronautics and astronautics whose research focuses on aerothermoelastic analysis for hypersonic flows. The external skin of hypersonic vehicles, primarily composed of panels and reinforcement structures, may experience complex flow interactions due to nonlinearities arising from aerodynamics, structure, and high-temperature gradients. Therefore, it is crucial to understand and predict the aeroelastic response to optimize the structural design and to ensure fatigue-life estimation to suppress undesirable aeroelasticity phenomena, such as panel flutter. As a MathWorks Fellow, Myrella will continue to develop a framework in MATLAB capable of predicting the Fluid-Structure Interaction response of panels under hypersonic flow while analyzing the impact of critical physical parameters such as freestream pressure and temperature, angle of attack, and convective heat. Additionally, other flow conditions and nonlinear post-flutter behavior will be analyzed, informing future experiments. Her work holds significant potential to advance the understanding of aerothermoelastic behavior in hypersonic flows and contribute to the design of next-generation hypersonic vehicles.

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