INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NON-LINEAR MECHANICS, cilt.46, sa.2, ss.357-362, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
This study deals with symmetry group properties and conservation laws of the foam-drainage equation. Firstly, we study the classical Lie symmetries, optimal systems, similarity reductions and similarity solutions of the foam-drainage equation which are obtained through the Lie group method of infinitesimal transformations. Secondly, using the new general theorem on non-local conservation laws and partial Lagrangian approach, local and non-local conservation laws are also studied and, finally, non-classical symmetries are derived. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.