The Influence of Different Geometries of Human Vocal Tract Model on Resonant Frequencies

0487121 - ÚT 2019 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Valášek, Jan - Sváček, Petr - Horáček, Jaromír
The Influence of Different Geometries of Human Vocal Tract Model on Resonant Frequencies.
Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2018. Praha: Institue of Thermomechanics AS CR, 2018 - (Šimurda, D.; Bodnár, T.), s. 307-314. ISBN 978-80-87012-65-9. ISSN 2336-5781.
[Topical Problems of Fluid Mechanics 2018. Praha (CZ), 21.02.2018-23.02.2018]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA16-01246S
Institutional support: RVO:61388998
Keywords : wave equation * transfer function * aeroacoustic analogies * perfectly matched layer
OECD category: Acoustics

This paper presents the transfer function approach in order to determine the acoustic resonant frequencies of a human vocal tract model. The transfer function is introduced here as an acoustic pressure ratio between input amplitude at glottis position and output amplitude at mouth opening given by the solution of Helmholtz equation. This equation is numerically approximated by finite element method. The influence of different boundary conditions are studied and also different locations of excitation and microphone. Four different vocal tract geometries motivated by vocal tract geometry for vowel [u:] are investigated. Its acoustic resonance frequencies in range 100 - 2500 Hz are computed and compared with published results. Further, the transient acoustic computation with different acoustic analogies are performed. The frequency spectra of Lighthill analogy, acoustic wave equation and perturbed convective wave equation are compared, where the vocal tract model with best frequency agreement with published results was chosen. The dominant frequencies correspond with predicted frequencies of transfer function approach.

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