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This work presents an analytical and computational study of fractional-order delay differential equations formulated using both the conformable and Caputo derivatives. For the conformable case, we develop the associated integral,…

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Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-01-05 Francesco Mainardi

Although the socket is critical in a prosthetic system for a person with limb amputation, the methods of its design are largely artisanal. A roadblock for a repeatable and quantitative socket design process is the lack of predictive and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-03-01 David Moinina Sengeh , Kevin Mattheus Moerman , Arthur Petron , Hugh Herr

The conformable derivative has been promoted in numerous publications as a new fractional derivative operator. This article provides a critical reassessment of this claim. We demonstrate that the conformable derivative is not a fractional…

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In this paper we present a method to solve initial value problems for fractional growth models, such as generalizations of the exponential and logistic with periodic harvesting models. Using a discretization of the Caputo derivative we…

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The numerical simulation of complex physical processes requires the use of economical discrete models. This lecture presents a general paradigm of deriving a posteriori error estimates for the Galerkin finite element approximation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Rolf Rannacher

The aim of this paper is to give a stochastic representation for the solution to a natural extension of the Caputo-type evolution equation. The nonlocal-in-time operator is defined by a hypersingular integral with a (possibly…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-23 Qiang Du , Lorenzo Toniazzi , Zhi Zhou

Space-time fractional evolution equations are a powerful tool to model diffusion displaying space-time heterogeneity. We prove existence, uniqueness and stochastic representation of classical solutions for an extension of Caputo evolution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-09-03 Lorenzo Toniazzi

A method for the numerical solution of variable order (VO) fractional differential equations (FDE) is presented. The method applies to linear as well as to nonlinear VO-FDEs. The Caputo type VO fractional derivative is employed. First, an…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-08 John T. Katsikadelis

We propose a novel approach to model viscoelasticity materials using neural networks, which capture rate-dependent and nonlinear constitutive relations. However, inputs and outputs of the neural networks are not directly observable, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Kailai Xu , Alexandre M. Tartakovsky , Jeff Burghardt , Eric Darve

Fractional differential equations are powerful mathematical descriptors for intricate physical phenomena in a compact form. However, compared to integer ordinary or partial differential equations, solving fractional differential equations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Donya Dabiri , Joshua DaRosa , Milad Saadat , Deepak Mangal , Safa Jamali

This paper is devoted to the study of the well-posedness of a singular nonlinear fractional pseudo-hyperbolic system. The fractional derivative is described in Caputo sense. The equations are supplemented by classical and nonlocal boundary…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-23 Said Mesloub , Hassan Eltayeb Gadian , Lotfi Kasmi

Nonlinear thermoelastic systems play a crucial role in understanding thermal conductivity, stresses, elasticity, and temperature interactions. This research focuses on finding solutions to these systems in their fractional forms, which is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-13 Qasim Khan

A fractional time derivative is introduced into the Burger's equation to model losses of nonlinear waves. This term amounts to a time convolution product, which greatly penalizes the numerical modeling. A diffusive representation of the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2016-06-14 Bruno Lombard , Denis Matignon

We describe and implement a numerical method for modelling the frequency-dependent power-law absorption of ultrasound in tissue, as governed by the first order linear wave equations with a loss taking the form of a fractional time…

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The viscoelastic response of backsheet materials significantly affects the durability of the photovoltaic (PV) module. In this study, the viscoelastic response of commercially available backsheet materials is experimentally characterized…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-11-01 Ajinkya Dusane , Pietro Lenarda , Marco Paggi

We introduce a method which provides accurate numerical solutions to fractional-in-time partial differential equations posed on $[0,T] \times \Omega$ with $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^d$ without the excessive memory requirements associated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-12 Timon S. Gutleb , José A. Carrillo

In this paper we consider extensions of the gradient elasticity models proposed earlier by the second author to describe materials with fractional non-locality and fractality using the techniques developed recently by the first author. We…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Vasily E. Tarasov , Elias C. Aifantis

Efficient and fast predictor-corrector methods are proposed to deal with nonlinear Caputo-Fabrizio fractional differential equations, where Caputo-Fabrizio operator is a new proposed fractional derivative with a smooth kernel. The proposed…

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