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Abstract Unsteady axial flows of second grade fluids with generalized fractional constitutive equation in a circular cylinder are studied. Flows are generated by a time-dependent pressure gradient in the axial direction, an external magnetic field perpendicular on the flow direction and by the cylinder motion. Two different problems are analyzed; one in which the cylinder velocity supports a shock at the instant t = 0 and another in which the cylinder motion is a translation with time-dependent velocity along the axis of cylinder. The generalized fractional constitutive equation of second grade fluid is described by the Caputo time-fractional derivative. Analytical solutions for the velocity field are obtained by using the Laplace transform with respect to time variable and the finite Hankel transform of order zero with respect to the radial coordinate. The influence of the fractional parameter of Caputo derivative on the fluid velocity has been studied by numerical simulations and graphical illustrations. It is found that the fractional fluid flows are faster than the ordinary second grade fluid.