<p>This paper presents a stability analysis of a strongly nonlinear damped cubic-quintic oscillator using three approaches: the classical multiple scales (CMS) method, an enriched multiple scales (EMS) method based on homotopy perturbation, and numerical continuation via MatCont. Comparisons across different nonlinearity regimes reveal that CMS accuracy degrades substantially when the perturbation parameter <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\varepsilon$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mi>ε</mi> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation> is not small. In the cubic-dominant case (<InlineEquation ID="IEq2"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\alpha _3 = 10$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mn>3</mn> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>10</mn> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, <InlineEquation ID="IEq3"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\alpha _5 = 1$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mn>5</mn> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, <InlineEquation ID="IEq4"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\varepsilon = 1$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <mi>ε</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>), CMS overestimates peak amplitudes by approximately 60% and mislocates bifurcation points, whereas EMS predictions remain within 1–2% of numerical results. Even under strong cubic nonlinearity (<InlineEquation ID="IEq5"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$\alpha _3 = 100$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"><math> <mrow> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mn>3</mn> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>100</mn> </mrow> </math></EquationSource> </InlineEquation>), EMS maintains agreement within 3% while CMS errors reach 25%. The EMS method also accurately captures both stable and unstable solution branches, with stability boundaries matching Floquet-based numerical detection to within 0.1%. These results suggest that EMS may serve as a useful analytical tool for strongly nonlinear oscillators where traditional perturbation methods lose accuracy.</p>

Nonlinear dynamics and stability of a strongly nonlinear damped cubic-quintic oscillator

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2026年4月13日

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Hussain Al-Qahtani

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This paper presents a stability analysis of a strongly nonlinear damped cubic-quintic oscillator using three approaches: the classical multiple scales (CMS) method, an enriched multiple scales (EMS) method based on homotopy perturbation, and numerical continuation via MatCont. Comparisons across different nonlinearity regimes reveal that CMS accuracy degrades substantially when the perturbation parameter $\varepsilon$ $ε$ is not small. In the cubic-dominant case ( $\alpha _3 = 10$ $α_{3} = 10$ , $\alpha _5 = 1$ $α_{5} = 1$ , $\varepsilon = 1$ $ε = 1$ ), CMS overestimates peak amplitudes by approximately 60% and mislocates bifurcation points, whereas EMS predictions remain within 1–2% of numerical results. Even under strong cubic nonlinearity ( $\alpha _3 = 100$ $α_{3} = 100$ ), EMS maintains agreement within 3% while CMS errors reach 25%. The EMS method also accurately captures both stable and unstable solution branches, with stability boundaries matching Floquet-based numerical detection to within 0.1%. These results suggest that EMS may serve as a useful analytical tool for strongly nonlinear oscillators where traditional perturbation methods lose accuracy.