Element free Galerkin approach based on the reproducing kernel particle method for solving 2D fractional Tricomi-type equation with Robin boundary condition

The traditional element free Galerkin (EFG) approach is constructed on variational weak form that the test and trial functions are shape functions of moving least squares (MLS) approximation. In the current paper, we propose a new version of the EFG method based on the shape functions of reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM). In other words, based on the developed approach in Han and Meng (2001) the fractional Tricomi-type equation will be solved using the new technique. The fractional derivative has been introduced in the Caputo's sense and is approximated by a finite difference plan of order O(τ3−α),1<α<2. We use the EFG-RKPM to discrete the spatial direction. We illustrate some numerical results on non-rectangular domains. The unconditional stability and convergence of the new technique have been proved. Numerical examples display the theoretical results and the efficiency of the proposed approach. Also, the numerical results are compared with the finite element method (FEM) and EFG-MLS procedure.