Numerical Approaches to the Time-Fractional Burgers' Equation Using the Conformable Fractional Derivative

Document Type : Research Paper

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Department of Engineering Sciences, Iskenderun Technical University, Hatay, 31200, Turkiye.

Abstract

In the present study, we develop two exponential finite
difference methods that are effectively applied to obtain
numerical solutions of the time-fractional nonlinear Burgers'
equation involving a conformable derivative. To evaluate the
effectiveness of the proposed methods, three test problems are
considered, with the fractional order parameter $\alpha $ chosen
in the range $0<\alpha \leq 1$. Furthermore, to verify the
reliability of the methods, we set $\alpha = 1$ to recover the
classical first-order derivative and compare the resulting
approximate solutions with the corresponding exact solutions. The
numerical results demonstrate that the proposed methods are both
efficient and easy to implement for solving time-fractional
Burgers-type differential equations.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 31 October 2025
  • Receive Date: 13 January 2025
  • Revise Date: 22 September 2025
  • Accept Date: 26 October 2025