A new numerical formulation for the generalized time-fractional Benjamin Bona Mohany Burgers’ equation

Abstract

Abstract In this article, we present a novel numerical formulation for the generalized time-fractional Benjamin Bona Mohany Burgers’ (BBMB) equation using Atangana Baleanu Caputo (ABC) derivative. First, we apply a linearization technique to deal with the generalized non-linear expression, and then the Crank–Nicolson finite difference formula is used in the temporal direction. A reliable numerical technique is applied to discretize the time-fractional ABC derivative, and the central difference formulae are used to approximate the derivatives in the spatial direction. The method is shown unconditionally stable and second-order convergent in both directions through the Fourier analysis. The numerical results of two test problems are analyzed to validate the theoretical results.