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A meshfree method for the fractional advection-diffusion equation

  • Yanping Lian
  • , Gregory J. Wagner
  • , Wing Kam Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Northwestern University

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Abstract

“Non-local” phenomena are common to problems involving strong heterogeneity, fracticality, or statistical correlations. A variety of temporal and/or spatial fractional partial differential equations have been used in the last two decades to describe different problems such as turbulent flow, contaminant transport in ground water, solute transport in porous media, and viscoelasticity in polymer materials. The study presented herein is focused on the numerical solution of spatial fractional advection-diffusion equations (FADEs) via the reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM), providing a framework for the numerical discretization of spacial FADEs. However, our investigation found that an alternative formula of the Caputo fractional derivative should be used when adopting Gauss quadrature to integrate equations with fractional derivatives. Several one-dimensional examples were devised to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of the RKPM and the alternative formula.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMeshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations VIII
EditorsMichael Griebel, Marc Alexander Schweitzer
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages53-66
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783319519531
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Workshop on Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 2015 - Bonn, Germany
Duration: 7 Sept 20159 Sept 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
Volume115
ISSN (Print)1439-7358

Conference

Conference8th International Workshop on Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations, 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
City Bonn
Period7/09/159/09/15

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