In this paper, three different analytical methods have been successfully used to study a nonlinear oscillator equation arising in the microbeam-based electromechanical resonator. These methods are: variational approach, Hamiltonian approach, and amplitude-frequency formulation. The governing equation is based on the Euler-Bernoulli hypothesis and the partial differential equation (PDE) is simplified into an ordinary differential equartion (ODE) by using the Galerkin method. A frequency analysis is carried out, and the relationship between the angular frequency and the initial amplitude is obtained in closed analytical form. A comparison of the present solutions is made with the existing solutions and excellent agreement is noted.
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