Aeroelastic and Aerothermoelastic Analysis in Hypersonic Flow: Past, Present, and Future

H YPERSONIC flight began in February 1949 when a WACCorporal rocket was ignited from a U.S.-captured V-2 rocket [1]. In the six decades since this milestone, there have been significant investments in the development of hypersonic vehicle technologies. The NASA X-15 rocket plane in the early 1960s