On the Solution of Nonlinear Fractional-Order Differential Equations Used in the Modeling of Viscoplasticity

(with A. D. Freed)


In F. Keil, W. Mackens, H. Voß, J. Werther (eds.): Scientific Computing in Chemical Engineering II. Computational Fluid Dynamics, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Properties. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (1999), 217-224.


1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 26A33, 65L05, 65L06, 65L70, 73E60.

Key words: Fractional differential equation, viscoplasticity, predictor-corrector method, Riemann-Liouville derivative, Caputo derivative.


Abstract

The authors have recently developed a mathematical model for the description of the behavior of viscoplastic materials. The model is based on a nonlinear differential equation of order $\beta$, where $\beta$ is a material constant typically in the range $0<\beta<1$. This equation is coupled with a first-order differential equation. In the present paper, we introduce and discuss a numerical scheme for the numerical solution of these equations. The algorithm is based on a PECE-type approach.

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