Solution of fractional diffusion equation with a moving boundary condition by variational iteration method and Adomian decomposition method

Abstract

In this paper, the approximate analytic solutions of the mathematical model of time fractional diffusion equation (FDE) with a moving boundary condition are obtained with the help of variational iteration method (VIM) and Adomian decomposition method (ADM). By using boundary conditions, the explicit solutions of the diffusion front and fractional releases in the dimensionless form have been derived. Both mathematical techniques used to solve the problem perform extremely well in terms of efficiency and simplicity. Numerical solutions of the problem show that only a few iterations are needed to obtain accurate approximate analytical solutions. The results obtained are presented graphically. © 2010 Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, Tübingen.