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Fourth Order Diffusion Equations with Increasing Entropy

  • Naghmana Tehseen and
  • Philip Broadbridge

25 June 2012

The general quasi-linear autonomous fourth order diffusion equation ut = −[G(u)uxxx + h(u, ux, uxx)]x with positive variable diffusivity G(u) and lower-order flux component h is considered on the real line. A direct algorithm produces a general clas...

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2,086 Views
14 Pages

In this article, we develop a compact finite difference scheme for a variable-order-time fractional-sub-diffusion equation of a fourth-order derivative term via order reduction. The proposed scheme exhibits fourth-order convergence in space and secon...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,474 Views
18 Pages

Nonclassical Symmetry Solutions for Fourth-Order Phase Field Reaction–Diffusion

  • Philip Broadbridge,
  • Dimetre Triadis,
  • Dilruk Gallage and
  • Pierluigi Cesana

17 March 2018

Using the nonclassical symmetry of nonlinear reaction–diffusion equations, some exact multi-dimensional time-dependent solutions are constructed for a fourth-order Allen–Cahn–Hilliard equation. This models a phase field that gives a phenomenological...

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  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,287 Views
11 Pages

Fourth-Order Difference Approximation for Time-Fractional Modified Sub-Diffusion Equation

  • Umair Ali,
  • Muhammad Sohail,
  • Muhammad Usman,
  • Farah Aini Abdullah,
  • Ilyas Khan and
  • Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar

1 May 2020

Fractional differential equations describe nature adequately because of the symmetry properties which describe physical and biological processes. In this article, a fourth-order new implicit difference scheme is formulated and applied to solve the tw...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
705 Views
20 Pages

In this paper, a linearized mixed finite volume element (MFVE) scheme is proposed to solve the nonlinear time fractional fourth-order reaction–diffusion models with the Riemann–Liouville time fractional derivative. By introducing an auxil...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,933 Views
14 Pages

In this article, a new mixed finite element (MFE) algorithm is presented and developed to find the numerical solution of a two-dimensional nonlinear fourth-order Riemann–Liouville fractional diffusion-wave equation. By introducing two auxiliary...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,011 Views
13 Pages

This paper considers the numerical approximation to the fourth-order fractional diffusion-wave equation. Using a separation of variables, we can construct the exact solution for such a problem and then analyze its regularity. The obtained regularity...

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3 Citations
1,987 Views
17 Pages

19 October 2023

We have studied a class of (1+1)-dimensional equations that models phenomena with heterogeneous diffusion, advection, and reaction. We have analyzed these fourth-order partial differential equations within the framework of group methods. In this clas...

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  • Open Access
19 Citations
2,386 Views
18 Pages

Fourth-Order Numerical Solutions for a Fuzzy Time-Fractional Convection–Diffusion Equation under Caputo Generalized Hukuhara Derivative

  • Hamzeh Zureigat,
  • Mohammed Al-Smadi,
  • Areen Al-Khateeb,
  • Shrideh Al-Omari and
  • Sharifah E. Alhazmi

The fuzzy fractional differential equation explains more complex real-world phenomena than the fractional differential equation does. Therefore, numerous techniques have been timely derived to solve various fractional time-dependent models. In this p...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
11,140 Views
15 Pages

25 September 2008

The entropy evolution behaviour of a partial differential equation (PDE) in conservation form, may be readily discerned from the sign of the local source term of Shannon information density. This can be easily used as a diagnostic tool to predict smo...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
529 Views
22 Pages

This paper presents a Crank–Nicolson mixed finite element method along with its reduced-order extrapolation model for a fourth-order nonlinear diffusion equation with Caputo temporal fractional derivative. By introducing the auxiliary variable...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,006 Views
16 Pages

25 March 2023

This paper addresses how to use high-order diffusion to restore the wavelet coefficients in the wavelet domain. To avoid image distortion, wavelets with symmetry are used for image decomposition to obtain the wavelet coefficients of each sub-band. Du...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,962 Views
35 Pages

17 September 2023

In a previous paper, we solved the partial differential equation of Mullins’ problem in the case of the evaporation–condensation in electronic devices and gave an exact solution relative to the geometric profile of the grain boundary groo...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,927 Views
8 Pages

19 May 2019

This paper develops a fourth order entropy stable scheme to approximate the entropy solution of one-dimensional hyperbolic conservation laws. The scheme is constructed by employing a high order entropy conservative flux of order four in conjunction w...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,119 Views
11 Pages

9 December 2019

A high-order compact (HOC) implicit difference scheme is proposed for solving three-dimensional (3D) unsteady reaction diffusion equations. To discretize the spatial second-order derivatives, the fourth-order compact difference operators are used, an...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,498 Views
18 Pages

16 November 2017

Implicit integration factor (IIF) methods were developed for solving time-dependent stiff partial differential equations (PDEs) in literature. In [Jiang and Zhang, Journal of Computational Physics, 253 (2013) 368–388], IIF methods are designed to eff...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
725 Views
21 Pages

This study presents an efficient high-order radius function Hermite finite difference (RBF-HFD) scheme for the numerical solution of Caputo time-fractional sub-diffusion equations with integral boundary conditions. The spatial derivatives are approxi...

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  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,223 Views
15 Pages

6 November 2014

Fractional order derivative operators offer a concise description to model multi-scale, heterogeneous and non-local systems. Specifically, in magnetic resonance imaging, there has been recent work to apply fractional order derivatives to model the no...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,224 Views
8 Pages

28 February 2025

An implicit flux-corrected transport (FCT) and diffusion algorithm was developed and used in many gas discharge calculations. Such calculations require the use of a fine mesh where the electric field changes rapidly; that is, near electrodes or in a...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
724 Views
16 Pages

21 April 2025

Numerical solutions of turbulent mass-transfer diffusion present challenges due to the nonlinearity of the elliptic–parabolic degeneracy of the mathematical models. Our main result in this paper concerns the development and implementation of an...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
781 Views
14 Pages

7 September 2025

Singularly perturbed integro-partial differential equations with reaction–diffusion behavior present significant challenges due to boundary layers arising from small perturbation parameters, which complicate the development of accu...

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  • Open Access
41 Citations
2,565 Views
12 Pages

1 December 2010

Up to tenth-order finite difference schemes are proposed in this paper to solve one-dimensional advection-diffusion equation. The schemes based on high-order differences are presented using Taylor series expansion. To obtain the solutions, up to tent...

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  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,750 Views
24 Pages

28 May 2020

This paper presents a proposal of a time domain room acoustic solver using novel fourth-order accurate explicit time domain finite element method (TD-FEM), with demonstration of its applicability for practical room acoustic problems. Although time do...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,971 Views
13 Pages

Distributed-order, space-fractional diffusion equations are used to describe physical processes that lack power-law scaling. A fourth-order-accurate, A-stable time-stepping method was developed, analyzed, and implemented to solve inhomogeneous parabo...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,653 Views
19 Pages

3 March 2022

In this paper, a type of high-order compact (HOC) finite difference method is developed for solving two- and three-dimensional unsteady convection diffusion reaction (CDR) equations with variable coefficients. Firstly, an HOC difference scheme is der...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,616 Views
14 Pages

A high-accuracy numerical method based on a sixth-order combined compact difference scheme and the method of lines approach is proposed for the advection–diffusion transport equation with variable parameters. In this approach, the partial differentia...

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64 Citations
5,389 Views
15 Pages

3D Mueller-Matrix Diffusive Tomography of Polycrystalline Blood Films for Cancer Diagnosis

  • Volodimir Ushenko,
  • Anton Sdobnov,
  • Anna Syvokorovskaya,
  • Alexander Dubolazov,
  • Oleh Vanchulyak,
  • Alexander Ushenko,
  • Yurii Ushenko,
  • Mykhailo Gorsky,
  • Maxim Sidor and
  • Igor Meglinski
  • + 1 author

1 December 2018

The decomposition of the Mueller matrix of blood films has been carried out using differential matrices with polarized and depolarized parts. The use of a coherent reference wave is applied and the algorithm of digital holographic reconstruction of t...

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  • Open Access
764 Views
27 Pages

3 September 2025

The efficiency of various numerical methods for solving Huxley’s equation—which includes a diffusion term and a nonlinear reaction term—is investigated. Conventional explicit finite difference algorithms often suffer from severe sta...

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  • Open Access
1,696 Views
32 Pages

This paper constituted an extension of two previous studies concerning the mathematical development of the grain boundary grooving in polycrystalline thin films in the cases of evaporation/condensation and diffusion taken separately. The thermal groo...

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  • Open Access
97 Citations
5,251 Views
20 Pages

25 April 2018

The hydraulic design method of controllable blade angle for rotodynamic multiphase pump with impeller and diffuser is proposed. The distribution of blade angle along the meridional streamline is governed by the normalized fourth-order and first-order...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,924 Views
14 Pages

21 December 2021

In the presented analysis, a heterogeneous diffusion is introduced to a magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) Darcy–Forchheimer flow, leading to an extended Darcy–Forchheimer model. The introduction of a generalized diffusion was proposed by Cohen a...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,516 Views
15 Pages

We derive a reaction–diffusion model with time-delayed nonlocal effects to study an epidemic’s spatial spread numerically. The model describes infected individuals in the latent period using a structured model with diffusion. The epidemic...

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  • Open Access
315 Views
30 Pages

Diffusion Model Inverse Modeling and Applications to Microwave Filters

  • Shu-Li Zhao,
  • Jian-Fei Wu,
  • Le-Dong Chen,
  • Meng-Jun Wang and
  • Zhi-Tao Xiao

This paper presents a framework for inverse modeling of microwave filters based on a conditional diffusion model developed to address the intrinsic non-uniqueness of reconstructing coupling matrices from specified S-parameter responses. In the forwar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,269 Views
21 Pages

Explicit Stable Finite Difference Methods for Diffusion-Reaction Type Equations

  • Humam Kareem Jalghaf,
  • Endre Kovács,
  • János Majár,
  • Ádám Nagy and
  • Ali Habeeb Askar

19 December 2021

By the iteration of the theta-formula and treating the neighbors explicitly such as the unconditionally positive finite difference (UPFD) methods, we construct a new 2-stage explicit algorithm to solve partial differential equations containing a diff...

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  • Open Access
1,437 Views
12 Pages

22 October 2024

The main objective of this work is to apply a novel and accurate algorithm for solving the second-order and fourth-order fractional diffusion-wave equations (FDWEs). First, the desired equation is reduced to the corresponding Volterra integral equati...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,143 Views
15 Pages

3 October 2021

In recent years, the numerical theory of fractional models has received more and more attention from researchers, due to the broad and important applications in materials and mechanics, anomalous diffusion processes and other physical phenomena. In t...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,190 Views
17 Pages

28 October 2022

In order to improve the performance of subsonic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a knapsack S-duct intake has been designed. The influences of an S-bend diffuser on aerodynamic performance and electromagnetic performance were analyzed firstly. The visc...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,299 Views
17 Pages

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is a dynamic separation process with a lot of parameters having different roles. The equilibrium-dispersive model is relevant for simulating HPLC because it is relatively simple and suitable for high-effi...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,646 Views
18 Pages

This paper investigates a high-order numerical method based on a spatial compact exponential scheme for solving the time-fractional Black–Scholes model. Firstly, the original time-fractional Black–Scholes model is converted into an equiva...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,048 Views
20 Pages

Elevated Adsorption of Lead and Arsenic over Silver Nanoparticles Deposited on Poly(amidoamine) Grafted Carbon Nanotubes

  • Gururaj M. Neelgund,
  • Sanjuana F. Aguilar,
  • Mahaveer D. Kurkuri,
  • Debora F. Rodrigues and
  • Ram L. Ray

1 November 2022

An efficient adsorbent, CNTs–PAMAM–Ag, was prepared by grafting fourth-generation aromatic poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and successive deposition of Ag nanoparticles. The FT–IR, XRD, TEM and XPS results confir...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,799 Views
15 Pages

Preparation and Characterization of Oxide Nanotubes on Titanium Surface for Use in Controlled Drug Release Systems

  • Patrycja Osak,
  • Sandra Skwarek,
  • Dariusz Łukowiec,
  • Grzegorz Przeliorz and
  • Bożena Łosiewicz

29 July 2024

Preventing or treating infections at implantation sites where the risk of bacterial contamination is high requires the development of intelligent drug delivery systems. The objective of this work was to develop a production method and characterizatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
6,390 Views
9 Pages

10 August 2016

The focus of this study is on the impact of solar radiation reflected from the building façade to a pedestrian. The possibility of using high-reflectance technology on building façades was evaluated by using a two-dimensional simple building façade m...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,776 Views
15 Pages

The time-fractional Cattaneo equation is an equation where the fractional order α(1,2) has the capacity to model the anomalous dynamics of physical diffusion processes. In this paper, we consider an efficient scheme for solving such an eq...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,514 Views
18 Pages

In order to evaluate the environmental risk caused by land application of sewage sludge, leaching characteristics of heavy metals and plant nutrients in the sewage sludge immobilized by composite phosphorus-bearing materials were investigated. Their...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,274 Views
23 Pages

16 March 2023

This article presents a modified version of the SVIR compartmental model for predicting the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, which incorporates vaccination and a saturated incidence rate, as well as piece-wise time-dependent parameters that enable...

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  • Open Access
31 Citations
3,145 Views
17 Pages

An Explicit Fourth-Order Compact Numerical Scheme for Heat Transfer of Boundary Layer Flow

  • Yasir Nawaz,
  • Muhammad Shoaib Arif,
  • Wasfi Shatanawi and
  • Amna Nazeer

9 June 2021

The main contribution of this article is to propose a compact explicit scheme for solving time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs). The proposed explicit scheme has an advantage over the corresponding implicit compact scheme to find solut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,706 Views
14 Pages

Diffusion-Weighted MRI and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Status in Oropharyngeal Cancer

  • Heleen Bollen,
  • Rüveyda Dok,
  • Frederik De Keyzer,
  • Sarah Deschuymer,
  • Annouschka Laenen,
  • Johannes Devos,
  • Vincent Vandecaveye and
  • Sandra Nuyts

23 December 2024

Background: This study aimed to explore the differences in quantitative diffusion-weighted (DW) MRI parameters in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPC) based on Human Papillomavirus (HPV) status before and during radiotherapy (RT). Methods: Ech...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,831 Views
11 Pages

Recovery and Characterization of Orbital Angular Momentum Modes with Ghost Diffraction Holography

  • Yanyan Huang,
  • Vinu R.V.,
  • Ziyang Chen,
  • Tushar Sarkar,
  • Rakesh Kumar Singh and
  • Jixiong Pu

20 December 2021

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) of optical vortex beams has been regarded as an independent physical dimension of light with predominant information-carrying potential. However, the presence of scattering environment and turbulent atmosphere scrambles...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,845 Views
14 Pages

11 January 2024

A (2 + 1)-dimensional fourth order Burgers–KdV equation with variable coefficients (vcBKdV) is studied here and interesting wave-type solutions with variable amplitudes and velocities are reported. The model has been not previously studied in t...

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  • Open Access
23 Citations
2,674 Views
15 Pages

13 November 2021

This paper discusses the Darcy–Forchheimer three dimensional (3D) flow of a permeable nanofluid through a convectively heated porous extending surface under the influences of the magnetic field and nonlinear radiation. The higher-order chemical react...

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