Exact solutions of multi-term fractional diffusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions.pdf

Appl. Math. Mech. -Engl. Ed., 35(1), 49–62 (2014) Applied Mathematics DOI 10.1007/s10483-014-1771-6 and Mechanics c Shanghai University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 (English Edition) Exact solutions of multi-term fractional diffusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions∗ Xiao-jing LIU (), Ji-zeng WANG (), Xiao-min WANG (), You-he ZHOU () (Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China, Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, P. R. China) Abstract General exact solutions in terms of wavelet expansion are obtained for multi- term time-fractional diffusion-wave equations with Robin type boundary conditions. By proposing a new method of integral transform for solving boundary value problems, such fractional partial differential equations are converted into time-fractional ordinary differ- ential equations, which are further reduced to algebraic equations by using the Laplace transform. Then, with a wavelet-based exact formula of Laplace inversion, the resulting exact solutions in the Laplace transform domain are reversed to the time-space domain. Three examples of wave-diffusion problems are given to validate the proposed analytical method. Key words fractional derivative, diffusion-wave equation, Laplace transform, integral transform, exact solution, wavelet Chinese Library Classification O175.2 2010 Mathematics Subject Classification 35K05 1 Introdu