Eur. Phys. J. Plus (2015) 130: 192
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2015-15192-3

Regular Article

Invariant analysis and conservation laws for the time fractional foam drainage equation

College of Science, China University of Mining and Technology, 221116, Xuzhou, China

^* e-mail: ruiwj@126.com

Received: 31 July 2015
Accepted: 26 August 2015
Published online: 2 October 2015

Abstract

In this paper, the Lie group analysis method is applied to derive Lie point symmetries of the time fractional foam drainage equation with the Riemann-Liouville derivative. Symmetry reductions are constructed and conservation laws are obtained by using the Lie symmetries of the equation.