Analyzing Both Fractional Porous Media and Heat Transfer Equations via Some Novel Techniques

Abstract

It has been increasingly obvious in recent decades that fractional calculus (FC) plays a key role in many disciplines of applied sciences. Fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) accurately model various natural physical phenomena and many engineering problems. For this reason, the analytical and numerical solutions to these issues are seriously considered, and different approaches and techniques have been presented to address them. In this work, the FC is applied to solve and analyze the time-fractional heat transfer equation as well as the nonlinear fractional porous media equation with cubic nonlinearity. The idea of solving these equations is based on the combination of the Yang transformation (YT), the homotopy perturbation method (HPM), and the Adomian decomposition method (ADM). These combinations give rise to two novel methodologies, known as the homotopy perturbation transform method (HPTM) and the Yang tranform decomposition method (YTDM). The obtained results show the significance of the accuracy of the suggested approaches. Solutions in various fractional orders are found and discussed. It is noted that solutions at various fractional orders lead to an integer-order solution. The application of the current methodologies to other nonlinear fractional issues in other branches of applied science is supported by their straightforward and efficient process. In addition, the proposed solution methods can help many plasma physics researchers in interpreting the theoretical and practical results.