TY - JOUR
T1 - Computation of phonation aeroacoustics by an INS/PCE splitting method
AU - Bae, Youngmin
AU - Moon, Young J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Korea Research Foundation Grant funded by the Korean Government(MOEHRD) KRF-2005-041-D00153. The authors wish to thank Prof. Young-Ik Son and Mrs. Young-Sun Yoon at the Department of Otohinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center for discussion of clinical interests in this research.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - In this study, an INS/PCE splitting method is exploited to compute vocal sound generated within the glottis by a pulsating air jet at maximum speed less than Mach number of 0.1. The acoustic field is computed by solving the perturbed compressible equations (PCE), with acoustic sources acquired from the transient hydrodynamic solutions obtained by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (INS). The governing equations are spatially discretized with a sixth-order compact scheme and time-integrated by a four-stage Runge-Kutta method. The computed results show that a voice quality is closely related to the vortical structure in the shear layer of the pulsating jet and the jet characteristics are determined by its local Reynolds number, pulsating frequency (or fundamental frequency), and glottis closure. It is also found that the rotational motion of the glottis controls the glottal impedance by changing the flow separation points between the leading- and trailing-edge of the vocal folds and this increases the mechanical efficiency of the glottis as a sound generator in the phonation process.
AB - In this study, an INS/PCE splitting method is exploited to compute vocal sound generated within the glottis by a pulsating air jet at maximum speed less than Mach number of 0.1. The acoustic field is computed by solving the perturbed compressible equations (PCE), with acoustic sources acquired from the transient hydrodynamic solutions obtained by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (INS). The governing equations are spatially discretized with a sixth-order compact scheme and time-integrated by a four-stage Runge-Kutta method. The computed results show that a voice quality is closely related to the vortical structure in the shear layer of the pulsating jet and the jet characteristics are determined by its local Reynolds number, pulsating frequency (or fundamental frequency), and glottis closure. It is also found that the rotational motion of the glottis controls the glottal impedance by changing the flow separation points between the leading- and trailing-edge of the vocal folds and this increases the mechanical efficiency of the glottis as a sound generator in the phonation process.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.compfluid.2007.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.compfluid.2007.12.002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:50549085946
VL - 37
SP - 1332
EP - 1343
JO - Computers and Fluids
JF - Computers and Fluids
SN - 0045-7930
IS - 10
ER -