Periodic and Quasi-periodic Responses of Van der Pol–Mathieu System Subject to Various Excitations

Abstract This paper addresses the steady-state periodic and quasi-periodic responses of van der Pol–Mathieu system subject to three excitations (i.e., self, parametric and external excitations). Method of multiple scales and double perturbation technique are employed to study the original system. The cases of van der Pol–Mathieu oscillator with and without external excitation are considered, and periodic and quasi-periodic solutions are obtained and discussed. In the parametric study, the effects of various parameters and self, parametric and external excitations on the system behaviors are studied. Results from method of multiple scales well agree with those from numerical method.