To find the explicit solutions of nonlinear differential equations, many powerful methods have been used (Abbasbandy, 2006; He, 1998; Wazwaz, 1997; Ghasemi et al., 2007; Adomian and Adomian, 1984). The homotopy analysis method (HAM) (Liao, 2003, 2004; Liao and Tan, 2007; Yamashita et al., 2007) is a general analytic approach to get series solutions of various types of nonlinear equations. The H...

In this present paper, we solve a two-dimensional nonlinear Volterra-Fredholm integrodifferential equation by using the following powerful, efficient but simple methods: (i) Modified Adomian decomposition method (MADM), (ii) Variational iteration method (VIM), (iii) Homotopy analysis method (HAM) and (iv) Modified homotopy perturbation method (MHPM). The uniqueness of the solution and the conve...

A generalized Fisher’s equation is solved by using the modified Adomian decomposition method MADM , variational iteration method VIM , homotopy analysis method HAM , and modified homotopy perturbation method MHPM . The approximation solution of this equation is calculated in the form of series whose components are computed easily. The existence, uniqueness, and convergence of the proposed metho...

This paper considers an important model of boundary value problem with a condition at infinity namely combined free and forced convection over a plane of arbitrary shape embedded in a fluid-saturated porous medium; this model admits dual solutions, and uses a technique, which is to some extent modification of homotopy analysis method (HAM), in order to obtain dual solutions analytically with hi...

The objective of this study is to present a brief survey on the geometrically nonlinear free vibrations of the Bernoulli-Euler, the Rayleigh, shear, and the Timoshenko beams with simple end conditions using the Homotopy Analysis Method HAM . Expressions for the natural frequencies, the transverse deflection, postbuckling load-deflection relation to, and critical buckling load are presented. The...

In this paper we apply the homotopy analysis method (HAM) to study the van der Pol equation with a linear delayed feedback. The paper focuses on the calculation of periodic solutions and associated bifurcations, Hopf, double Hopf, Neimark-Sacker, etc. In particular we discuss the behavior of the systems in the neighborhoods of double Hopf points. We demonstrate the applicability of HAM to the a...

In this paper, A modi£cation of the Homotopy analysis method (HAM) applied to nonlinear Riccati differential equations which yields a series solution with accelerated convergence, has been presented. Illustrative examples have been given .

In this article, the fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo, and the homotopy analysis method (HAM) are used to construct the approximate solutions for the nonlinear fractional variant Bussinesq equations with respect to time fractional derivative. The HAM contains a certain auxiliary h parameter which provides us a simple way to adjust and control the convergence region and rate of conv...

In this research work a time-dependent partial differential equation which has several important applications in science and engineering is investigated and a method is proposed to find its solution. In the current paper, the homotopy analysis method (HAM) is developed to solve the eikonal equation. The homotopy analysis method is one of the most effective methods to obtain series solution. HAM...

This paper examines the solution of a damped beam equation whose damping characteristics are well-defined by the fractional derivative (FD). Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) is applied for calculating the dynamic response (DR). Unit step and unit impulse functions are deliberated for this analysis. Acquired results are illustrated to show the movement of the beam under various sets of parameters ...