In this paper,we propose a numerical method to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes' first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid.The implicit numerical method is employed to solve the direct problem.For the inverse problem,we first obtain the fractional sensitivity equation by means of the digamma function,and then we propose an efficient numerical method,that is,the Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm based on a fractional derivative,to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative.In order to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed numerical method,two cases in which the measurement values contain random measurement error or not are considered.The computational results demonstrate that the proposed numerical method could efficiently obtain the optimal estimation of the unknown order of a RiemannLiouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes' first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid.
To better describe the phenomenon of non-Fourier heat conduction, the fractional Cattaneo heat equation is introduced from the generalized Cattaneo model with two fractional derivatives of different orders. The anomalous heat conduction under the Neumann boundary condition in a semi-infinity medium is investigated. Exact solutions are obtained in series form of the H-function by using the Laplace transform method. Finally, numerical examples are presented graphically when different kinds of surface temperature gradient are given. The effects of fractional parameters are also discussed.
In this paper,using the fractional Fourier law,we obtain the fractional heat conduction equation with a time-fractional derivative in the spherical coordinate system.The method of variable separation is used to solve the timefractional heat conduction equation.The Caputo fractional derivative of the order 0 〈 α≤ 1 is used.The solution is presented in terms of the Mittag-Leffler functions.Numerical results are illustrated graphically for various values of fractional derivative.