Abstract
In this paper, we present a framework to obtain analytical solutions to a fractional oscillator by the homotopy perturbation method. The equation of motion of a driven fractional oscillator is obtained from the corresponding equation of motion of a driven harmonic oscillator by replacing the second-order time derivative by a fractional derivative of order α with 0<α≤2. The fractional derivative is described in the Caputo sense. Some examples are tested, and the results reveal that the technique introduced here is very effective and convenient for solving a fractional oscillator. The response characteristics of the fractional oscillator are studied for several cases.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the referees for their invaluable suggestions and comments for the improvement of the paper.