Abstract
In this work, the time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation is discussed using a calculational method, which is called the Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform decomposition method (DGLTDM). The fractional derivatives are defined in the Caputo sense. The (DGLTDM) is a hybrid of the Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform and the decomposition method. Three examples of the time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation are studied to check the validity and demonstrate the effectiveness of the current method. The results show that the suggested method succeeds remarkably well in terms of proficiency and can be utilized to study more problems in the field of nonlinear fractional differential equations (FDEs).
    Keywords:
                                                                    double Sumudu transform;                    double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform;                    inverse double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform;                    fractional Navier–Stokes equation;                    decomposition methods        MSC:
                35A22; 44A30
            1. Introduction
Fractional partial differential equations play an important role in applied mathematics, as they have been suggested for and applied in several different areas of the physical sciences and engineering such as in fluid dynamics, acoustics, electromagnetism, visco-elasticity, electro-chemistry, etc. The authors in [] discussed the multi-scale elastic structures consisting of matrix medium and thin coatings or inclusions. There are some approaches to solving the problem of the elastic deformation of thin-walled solids with a complex shape that is analyzed based on linear and geometrically nonlinear models using new classes of surfaces []. The researchers in [] applied the variational method to solve the time-fractal heat conduction problem in the playdate–block construction.
The Navier–Stokes equations are commonly utilized to explain the motion of fluids in models related to weather, ocean currents, and water flow in a pipe. Also, Navier–Stokes equations are vector equations. Newly, several researchers have generalized the classical Navier–Stokes equation into a fractional formula depending on replacing the first-time derivative with a fractional derivative of order  as in [,,,,].
Recently, several analytical and approximate techniques for solving time-fractional Navier–Stokes equations have been developed, for example, the Adomian decomposition method [], the q-homotopy analysis transform scheme [], the modified Laplace decomposition method [], the Natural Homotopy Perturbation Method [], a reliable algorithm based on the new homotopy perturbation transform method [], and a modified reduced differential transform method []. In the paper [], the authors discussed the convergence properties of double Sumudu transformation and applied it to obtain the exact solution of the Volterra integro-partial differential equation. The double Sumudu transform is connected with the Adomian decomposition method to obtain the analytical solution of nonlinear fractional partial differential equations [].
The double Sumudu-generalized Laplace decomposition method is a strong method that has been used to develop the double Sumudu transform and generalized Laplace transform [,].
This work aims to study the time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation in one and two dimensions using the double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform decomposition method and to determine the accuracy, efficiency, and simplicity of the suggested method.
lNotations:
In this paper, we employ the following symbols:
(1) (SGLT) instead of “Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform”;
(2) (DST) instead of “double Sumudu transform”;
(3) (DSGLT) instead of “double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform”;
(4) (DM) instead of “decomposition method”;
(5) (DSGLTDM) instead of “double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform decomposition method”.
This article is organized as follows. In Section 2, some definitions regarding fractional calculus and (SGLT) are given. In Section 3, the two main theorems are proved, which are useful to study the time-fractional Navier-Stokes equation constructed using the (SGLT). In  Section 3.1, the (SGLTDM) is used to solve the one-dimensional time-fractional Navier–Stokes model. In Section 3.2, the (SGLTDM) is applied to solve the two-dimensional coupled time-fractional Navier–Stokes model. In Section 4 some numerical example are given. In Section 5, conclusions are given.
2. Basic Definitions of Fractional Derivatives and Sumudu-Generalized Laplace Transforms
In this part, some basic definitions of fractional calculus and (SGLT) are given, which are helpful for this paper.
Definition 1  
([]). A real function ,  is is called in the space ,  if  is a real number , so that , where , and it is reportedly in the space  if and only if ∈, 
Definition 2  
([,,]). The Caputo time-fractional derivative operator of order  is given by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Definition 3  
([]). Let f be a function of two variables x and t, where . The Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform of f is defined by
Similarly, the (SGLT) for the second partial derivative with respect to x and t is defined as follows
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In general,
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  are complex values. The inverse (SGLT)  is defined as in [] by the complex double integral formula
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
3. Main Results
In the following theorem, we present the (SGLT) of the partial fractional Caputo derivatives
Theorem 1.  
The (SGLT) of the fractional partial derivatives  is denoted by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proof.  
By utilizing the definition of (SGLT), we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and with the help of Equation (1), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Let .
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        by implementing Equation (4), we can obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        by rewriting the equation above, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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In the next theorem, we utilize the (SGLT) for fractional partial derivatives 
Theorem 2.  
The (SGLT) of the fractional partial derivatives  is achieved by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Proof.  
By utilizing the derivatives with respect to  for Equation (2), one can obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        the derivative between the brackets can be calculated as follows:
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        by putting Equation (7) into Equation (6), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        consequently Equation (8) becomes
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Hence,
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        by managing the above equation, we will obtain the proof of Equation (5) as follows
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The proof is complete. □
The double Sumudu-generalized Laplace transform of the partial derivatives  is given by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  represents the order of the derivative.
3.1. Analysis of the Sumudu-Generalized Laplace Decomposition Method
This subsection gives the main concept of the (SGLTDM) for the fractional partial differential equation, to demonstrate the essential strategy of the Sumudu-generalized Laplace Adomian decomposition method. The Navier–Stokes equation with time-fractional is denoted by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        with the initial condition
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is the fractional Caputo derivative, , and the right-hand-side function  is the source term. With a view to applying the (SGLTDM), the  following steps are needed.
Step 1: We multiply first Equation (12) by  and we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Step 2: Applying the (SGLT) on both sides of Equation (13), we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Using Theorem 2, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        after an algebraic handling, we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Step 3: By employing the integral for both sides of Equation (15) from 0 to  with respect to , one can obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Step 4: By utilizing the inverse (SGLT) for Equation (16), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where the symbol  indicates the inverse (SGLT). The method (SGLTD M) designates the solution as an infinite series, as
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        by placing Equation (18) into Equation (16), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		By using (SGLTDM), we present the iteration relations as:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and the remaining terms can be acquired from the next formula
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
We consider that the inverse exists for all terms on the right-hand side of Equations (20) and (21), respectively, where  is the (SGLT) with respect to t, and the inverse (SGLT) is given by  with respect to s.
3.2. Analysis of the Double Sumudu-Generalized Laplace Transforms Decomposition Method
In this part of the paper, we present the fundamental concept of the (DSGLTDM) for the time-fractional partial differential equation. To show the elementary plan of (DSGLTDM), we consider in the following a general coupled system two-dimensional time-fractional Navier–Stokes equations.
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        subject to the conditions
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        where  is the fractional Caputo derivative, p is pressure; in addition, if p is known, then , and  The approach requires applying the (DSGLT) for both sides of Equation (22), and we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Now, using the differentiation property of the (DST), we have
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
By involving the inverse (DSGLT) for Equation (25), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The DM presumes that the functional solutions to  and  are given by the following infinite series
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		In addition, the nonlinear terms , and  are specified by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		By placing Equation (27) into Equation (25), we obtain
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
		Using (DSGLTDM), we present the recursive relations as:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and the remaining elements  and  are denoted by
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
        and
        
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The inverse (DSGLT) is denoted by  with respect to s. We presume that the inverse (DSGLT), with  respect to  and s exist for Equations (31)–(33).
4. Numerical Examples
In this section, two problems on fractional homogeneous and non-homogeneous time-fractional Navier–Stokes equations are solved to verify the ability and dependability of our method (SGLTDM) and (DSGLTDM).
Example 1.  
Consider the following homogeneous one-dimensional motion of a dense fluid in a tube with the condition provided by
      
        
      
      
      
      
    and the initial condition
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The fractional derivative model is used to illustrate the time derivative term, and Equation (34) can be written in the following form
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      where  multiplying the above equation by x, we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  By taking the (SGLT) for both sides of Equation (37), we arrive at
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      on using the differentiation property of the Sumudu transform and Theorem 2, we can obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  Utilizing the Sumudu transform for the initial condition and substituting it into Equation (39), we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      by taking the integral for both sides of Equation (40) from 0 to  with respect to  and dividing the results by , we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Now, the inverse (SGLT) of Equation (41) is given by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and we assume an infinite series solution of the unknown function  is denoted by Equation (18). By substituting Equation (18) into Equation (42), we obtain:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The zeroth component  is recommended by the Adomian method, which always includes the initial condition and the source term, both of which are considered to be known. Therefore, we place
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The remaining components ,  are given by using the relation
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      by substituting , into Equation (44), we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In the same way, at 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      similarly, at  we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Thus, the solution of Equation (34) can be expressed as
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  The error between the exact and approximation solution of example 1 is given in Table 1 below.
       
    
    Table 1.
    Comparison between the exact and approximation solutions.
  
Figure 1 presents a comparison between the exact solution and the obtained numerical solution of Equation (34); at t = 1 and , we obtain the exact solution, and by taking different values of  such as (, ), we obtain the approximate solutions. Figure 2 shows the plot of function  in three dimensions.
      
    
    Figure 1.
      Comparison between the exact and numerical solutions.
  
      
    
    Figure 2.
      The surface of the function .
  
Example 2.  
The non-homogenous time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation with the initial condition is
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Applying the (SGLT) on both sides of Equation (45) and the Sumudu transform to the initial condition, Equation (46), we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
From the formula for the geometric series, the terms  and  can be written in the form of
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Operating with the (SGLT) inverse on both sides of Equation (47) gives
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
By using the above-mentioned method, if we assume an infinite series solution of the form in Equation (18), we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      the first few terms of the (SGLTDM) are given by
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Hence, at  we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In the same manner,
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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So, our required solutions are given below
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
When we set  in Equation (45), we obtain the exact solution of the non-time-fractional Navier–Stokes equation as follows
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  The error between the exact and approximation solutions to example two is given in Table 2 below.
       
    
    Table 2.
    Comparison between the exact and approximation solutions.
  
Figure 3 presents a comparison between the exact and numerical solutions of Equation (45). The exact solution is obtained when  and , and we obtain the numerical solutions by taking different values of  such as (, ). Figure 4 shows the surface of function  in three dimensions.
      
    
    Figure 3.
      Comparison between the exact and numerical solutions.
  
      
    
    Figure 4.
      The surface of the function .
  
Example 3.  
Consider a time-fractional order two-dimensional Navier–Stokes equation with [,]
      
        
      
      
      
      
    subject to the condition
      
        
      
      
      
      
    by using the (DSGLT) on both sides of Equation (50), we obtain
      
        
      
      
      
      
    and using the differentiation property of the double Sumudu transform, we have
      
        
      
      
      
      
    Replacing the initial condition and arranging Equation (51), we have
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Now, applying the inverse (DSGLT) for both sides of Equation (52), we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The zeroth components  and  are proposed by they Adomian method, and they constantly include the initial condition and the source term, both of which are supposed to be recognized. Consequently, we set
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
The remaining elements ,  are given as follows
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  The few components of the Adomian polynomials , and  are given as follows
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
Setting  into Equations (54) and (55), we obtain
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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      similarly, at 
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
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	  In a similar manner, at  we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      and by the same way,
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
In similar manner, we have
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
So, our required solutions to Equation (50) are given below
      
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
substituting  and  into the above equation, we obtain the exact solution to the classical Navier–Stokes equation for the velocity as:
      
        
      
      
      
      
    
	  The error between the exact and approximation solutions to example two is given in Table 3 and Table 4 below.
       
    
    Table 3.
    Comparison between the exact and approximation solutions for .
  
       
    
    Table 4.
    Comparison between the exact and approximation solutions for .
  
The comparison between the exact and numerical solutions for Equation (50) is shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6. We obtain exact solution at ; and the different values of  such as (, ) show the approximate solution. The surfaces in Figure 7 and Figure 8 show the exact solution of the functions  and  at , respectively.
      
    
    Figure 5.
      The comparison between the exact and numerical solutions for .
  
      
    
    Figure 6.
      The comparison between the exact and numerical solutions for .
  
      
    
    Figure 7.
      The surface shows the function .
  
      
    
    Figure 8.
      The surface shows the function .
  
5. Conclusions
In this article, strong techniques, which are called (SGLTDM) and (DSGLTDM), are implemented to obtain the solution time-fractional Navier–Stokes equations. The obtained results are fascinating and agree with the exact solutions. The action and effectiveness of the introduced method are examined by utilizing some numerical examples. Thus, it can be concluded that the (SGLTDM) and (DSGLTDM) are very active in finding exact, as well as numerical, solutions for fractional partial differential equations. Moreover, the proposed method is very efficient in analyzing nonlinear systems without any categorization. The outcome shows that the present method has higher accuracy compared to the existing method in the literature. Numerical simulation was utilized to draw the exact and approximate solutions. In the future, we will use our method to develop modeling horizons in our domain.
Author Contributions
Methodology, H.E. and S.M.; Formal analysis, H.E.; Resources, I.B.; Data curation, I.B.; Writing—original draft, H.E.; Writing—review & editing, H.E. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
The authors would like to extend their sincere appreciation for the Researchers Supporting Project number (RSPD 2024R948), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Data Availability Statement
Data sharing not applicable to this article, as no datasets were generated or analyzed during the current study.
Acknowledgments
Not applicable.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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