On semi-analytical procedure for detecting limit cycle bifurcations

Abstract

This paper reports some computation of periodic solutions arising from Hopf bifurcations in order to build up a more accurate procedure for semi-analytical approximations to detect limit cycle bifurcations. The approximation formulas are derived using nonlinear feedback systems theory and the harmonic balance method. The monodromy matrix is computed for several simple nonlinear flows to detect the first bifurcation of the cycles in the neighborhood of the original Hopf bifurcation.