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Investigating the Three-dimensional Flow Separation Induced by a Model Vocal Fold Polyp
Published on: February 3, 2014
Influence of numerical model decisions on the flow-induced vibration of a computational vocal fold model
Timothy E Shurtz1, Scott L Thomson
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 435 CTB, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Abstract:
Computational vocal fold models are often used to study the physics of voice production. In this paper the sensitivity of predicted vocal fold flow-induced vibration and resulting airflow patterns to several modeling selections is explored. The location of contact lines used to prevent mesh collapse and assumptions of symmetry were found to influence airflow patterns. However, these variables had relatively little effect on the vibratory response of the vocal fold model itself. Model motion was very sensitive to Poisson's ratio. The importance of these parameter sensitivities in the context of vocal fold modeling is discussed.
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