TY - JOUR TI - A general sub-equation method to the burgers-like equation AU - Wang Xiao-Min AU - Bilige Su-Dao AU - Bai Yue-Xing JN - Thermal Science PY - 2017 VL - 21 IS - 4 SP - 1681 EP - 1687 PT - Article AB - A Burgers-like equation is studied by a general sub-equation method, and some new exact solutions are obtained, which include the traveling wave solutions, non-traveling wave solutions, multi-soliton solutions, rational solutions, and other types of solutions. The obtained results are important in thermal science, and potential applications can be found.