Approximate solution of a mixed nonlinear stochastic oscillator

Abstract: In this paper, nonlinear oscillators under mixed quadratic and cubic nonlinearities with stochastic inputs are considered. Different methods are used to obtain second order approximations, namely; the Wiener–Hermite and perturbation (WHEP) technique and the homotopy perturbation method (HPM). Some statistical moments are computed for the different methods using mathematica 5. Comparisons are illustrated through figures for different case-studies. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]