Solution method for the time-fractional hyperbolic heat equation

In this article, we propose a method to solve the time-fractional hyperbolic heat equation. We first formulate a boundary value problem for the standard hyperbolic heat equation in a finite domain and provide an analytical solution by means of separation of variables and Fourier series. Then, we con...

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Author: Font Martínez, Francesc|||0000-0003-1215-9791
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/357958
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/357958
https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mma.6506
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fractional calculus
Boundary value problem
Caputo derivative
Heat equation
Initial conditions
Matemàtica aplicada
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica aplicada a les ciències
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Summary:In this article, we propose a method to solve the time-fractional hyperbolic heat equation. We first formulate a boundary value problem for the standard hyperbolic heat equation in a finite domain and provide an analytical solution by means of separation of variables and Fourier series. Then, we consider the same boundary value problem for the fractional hyperbolic heat equation. The fractional problem is solved using three different definitions of the fractional derivative: the Caputo fractional derivative and two recently defined alternative versions of this derivative, the Caputo–Fabrizio and the Atangana–Baleanu. A closed form of the solution is provided for each case. Finally, we compare the solutions of the fractional and the standard problem and show numerically that the solution of the standard hyperbolic heat equation can be retrieved from the solution of the fractional equation in the limit ¿¿2, where ¿ represents the exponent of the fractional derivative