Influence of supraglottal structures on the glottal jet exiting a two-layer synthetic, self-oscillating vocal fold model
- 1 June 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Acoustical Society of America (ASA) in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
- Vol. 123 (6), 4434-4445
- https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2897040
Abstract
A synthetic two-layer, self-oscillating, life-size vocal fold model was used to study the influence of the vocal tract and false folds on the glottal jet. The model vibrated at frequencies, pressures, flow rates, and amplitudes consistent with human phonation, although some differences in behavior between the model and the human vocal folds are noted. High-speed images of model motion and flow visualization were acquired. Phase-locked ensemble-averaged glottal jet velocity measurements using particle image velocimetry (PIV) were acquired with and without an idealized vocal tract, with and without false folds. PIV data were obtained with varying degrees of lateral asymmetric model positioning. Glottal jet velocity magnitudes were consistent with those measured using excised larynges. A starting vortex was observed in all test cases. The false folds interfered with the starting vortex, and in some cases vortex shedding from the false folds was observed. In asymmetric cases without false folds, the glottal jet tended to skew toward the nearest wall; with the false folds, the opposite trend was observed. rms velocity calculations showed the jet shear layer and laminar core. The rms velocities were higher in the vocal tract cases compared to the open jet and false fold cases.This publication has 32 references indexed in Scilit:
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