Abstract: Based on a high-order compact upwind scheme,a high-order shock-fitting finite difference scheme is studied for numerical simulation of the generation of boundary layer disturbance waves due to free-stream waves.Both steady and unsteady flow solutions of the receptivity problem are obtained by computing full Navier-Stokes equations.Numerical simulation of receptivity to free-stream disturbances for hypersonic boundary layers is performed.

Key words: receptivity, shock-fitting, compact upwind scheme