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Flow-induced oscillations of vocal-fold replicas with tuned extensibility and material properties

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Human vocal folds are highly deformable non-linear oscillators. During phonation, they stretch up to 50% under the complex action of laryngeal muscles. Exploring the fluid/structure/acoustic interactions on a human-scale replica to study the role of the laryngeal muscles remains a challenge. For that purpose, we designed a novel in vitro testbed to control vocal-folds pre-phonatory deformation. The testbed was used to study the vibration and the sound production of vocal-fold replicas made of (i) silicone elastomers commonly used in voice research and (ii) a gelatin-based hydrogel we recently optimized to approximate the mechanics of vocal folds during finite strains under tension, compression and shear loadings. The geometrical and mechanical parameters measured during the experiments emphasized the effect of the vocal-fold material and pre-stretch on the vibration patterns and sounds. In particular, increasing the material stiffness increases glottal flow resistance, subglottal pressure required to sustain oscillations and vibratory fundamental frequency. In addition, although the hydrogel vocal folds only oscillate at low frequencies (close to 60 Hz), the subglottal pressure they require for that purpose is realistic (within the range 0.5–2 kPa), as well as their glottal opening and contact during a vibration cycle. The results also evidence the effect of adhesion forces on vibration and sound production.
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hal-04354562 , version 1 (19-12-2023)

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Paul Luizard, Lucie Bailly, Hamid Yousefi-Mashouf, Raphaël Girault, Laurent Orgéas, et al.. Flow-induced oscillations of vocal-fold replicas with tuned extensibility and material properties. Scientific Reports, 2023, 13 (1), pp.22658. ⟨10.1038/s41598-023-48080-x⟩. ⟨hal-04354562⟩
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