Parallel CFD simulation of flow in a 3D model of vibrating human vocal folds

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 290-300

  Sidlof, Petr ^a,b   Horácek, Jaromír ^a   Ridký, Václav ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF THERMOMECHANICS   (Czech Republic)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF LIBEREC   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Finite volume method; Glottal airflow; Numerical simulation; Parallel CFD; Vocal folds

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; SPEECH; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3D DYNAMIC MESHES; ACCURATE COMPUTATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL CLUSTER; CROSS FLOW PROBLEMS; DRAG AND LIFT FORCES; GLOTTAL AIRFLOW; PARALLEL SCALABILITY; VOCAL FOLDS; CFD SIMULATIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84882688665     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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