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Steady-state vibration response characteristics of a motion model of a centrifugal pump rotor system with weak nonlinear stiffness have been calculated by using the multiple scale method (MSM). The theoretical results were in good agreement with the numerical results. Based on the MSM and the numerical method, the effects of detuning parameter, nonlinear stiffness parameter and natural frequency on steady-state amplitude were also investigated. Finally, Lyapunov's theorem on stability in the first approximation was applied for the determination of the system's stable and unstable solution regions. The calculated results imply that the centrifugal pump rotor system with weak nonlinear stiffness exhibits typical nonlinear vibration characteristics. The variation of detuning parameter, nonlinear stiffness parameter and natural frequency can result in a jump phenomenon, and their corresponding curves present 'hard spring', 'soft spring' and 'S'-shaped amplitude characteristic, respectively. Smaller detuning parameter and natural frequency or greater nonlinear stiffness parameter are beneficial to decreasing the steady-state response amplitude. The results can provide reference for an investigation into nonlinear vibration characteristics of a centrifugal pump rotor system.