Explicit solutions to the time-fractional generalized dissipative Kawahara equation

Abstract

In this paper, the generalized dissipative Kawahara equation in the sense of conformable fractional derivative is presented and solved by applying the tanh-coth-expansion and sine-cosine function techniques. The quadratic-case and cubic-case are investigated for the proposed model. Expected solutions are obtained with highlighting to the effect of the presence of the alternative fractional-derivative and the effect of the added dissipation term to the generalized Kawahara equation. Some graphical analysis is presented to support the findings of the paper. Finally, we believe that the obtained results in this work will be important and valuable in nonlinear sciences and ocean engineering.