Time and space nonlocalities underlying fractional-derivative models: Distinction and literature review of field applications

Y Zhang, DA Benson, DM Reeves - Advances in Water Resources, 2009 - Elsevier
We investigate the spatiotemporal nonlocality underlying fractional-derivative models as a
possible explanation for regional-scale anomalous dispersion with heavy tails. Properties of …

Numerical methods for the variable-order fractional advection-diffusion equation with a nonlinear source term

P Zhuang, F Liu, V Anh, I Turner - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2009 - SIAM
In this paper, we consider a variable-order fractional advection-diffusion equation with a
nonlinear source term on a finite domain. Explicit and implicit Euler approximations for the …

A review of applications of fractional advection–dispersion equations for anomalous solute transport in surface and subsurface water

L Sun, H Qiu, C Wu, J Niu, BX Hu - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fractional advection–dispersion equations (FADEs) have been widely used in hydrological
research to simulate the anomalous solute transport in surface and subsurface water …

A weighted finite difference method for the fractional diffusion equation based on the Riemann–Liouville derivative

E Sousa, C Li - Applied Numerical Mathematics, 2015 - Elsevier
A one dimensional fractional diffusion model with the Riemann–Liouville fractional
derivative is studied. First, a second order discretization for this derivative is presented and …

A finite element solution for the fractional advection–dispersion equation

Q Huang, G Huang, H Zhan - Advances in water resources, 2008 - Elsevier
The fractional advection–dispersion equation (FADE) known as its non-local dispersion, has
been proven to be a promising tool to simulate anomalous solute transport in groundwater …

Use of a variable-index fractional-derivative model to capture transient dispersion in heterogeneous media

HG Sun, Y Zhang, W Chen, DM Reeves - Journal of contaminant hydrology, 2014 - Elsevier
Field and numerical experiments of solute transport through heterogeneous porous and
fractured media show that the growth of contaminant plumes may not exhibit constant …

A new mobile‐immobile model for reactive solute transport with scale‐dependent dispersion

G Gao, H Zhan, S Feng, B Fu, Y Ma… - Water Resources …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study proposed a new mobile‐immobile model (MIM) to describe reactive solute
transport with scale‐dependent dispersion in heterogeneous porous media. The model was …

Finite difference approximations for a fractional advection diffusion problem

E Sousa - Journal of Computational Physics, 2009 - Elsevier
The use of the conventional advection diffusion equation in many physical situations has
been questioned by many investigators in recent years and alternative diffusion models …

Space‐fractional advection‐dispersion equations with variable parameters: Diverse formulas, numerical solutions, and application to the Macrodispersion Experiment …

Y Zhang, DA Benson, MM Meerschaert… - Water Resources …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
To model the observed local variation of transport speed, an extension of the homogeneous
space‐fractional advection‐dispersion equation (fADE) to more general cases with space …

How to approximate the fractional derivative of order 1< α≤ 2

E Sousa - International journal of bifurcation and chaos, 2012 - World Scientific
The fractional derivative of order α, with 1< α≤ 2 appears in several diffusion problems used
in physical and engineering applications. Therefore to obtain highly accurate …