Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds

For many years, the vocal tract shape has been approximated by one-dimensional (1D) area functions to study the production of voice. More recently, 3D approaches allow one to deal with the complex 3D vocal tract, although area-based 3D geometries of circular cross-section are still in use. However,...

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Autores: Arnela, Marc, Dabbaghchian, Saeed, Bladin, Rémi, Guasch, Oriol, Engwall, Olov, Van Hirtum, Annemie, Pelorson, Xavier
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)
Repositório:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llull
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https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962488
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Palavra-chave:Vocal tract acoustics
Human voice
Acoustical properties
Acoustic field
Vowel systems
Wave propagation
Computer simulation
Finite-element analysis
Partial differential equations
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spelling Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel soundsArnela, MarcDabbaghchian, SaeedBladin, RémiGuasch, OriolEngwall, OlovVan Hirtum, AnnemiePelorson, XavierVocal tract acousticsHuman voiceAcoustical propertiesAcoustic fieldVowel systemsWave propagationComputer simulationFinite-element analysisPartial differential equationsOrgans00453531/534537For many years, the vocal tract shape has been approximated by one-dimensional (1D) area functions to study the production of voice. More recently, 3D approaches allow one to deal with the complex 3D vocal tract, although area-based 3D geometries of circular cross-section are still in use. However, little is known about the influence of performing such a simplification, and some alternatives may exist between these two extreme options. To this aim, several vocal tract geometry simplifications for vowels [ɑ], [i], and [u] are investigated in this work. Six cases are considered, consisting of realistic, elliptical, and circular cross-sections interpolated through a bent or straight midline. For frequencies below 4–5 kHz, the influence of bending and cross-sectional shape has been found weak, while above these values simplified bent vocal tracts with realistic cross-sections are necessary to correctly emulate higher-order mode propagation. To perform this study, the finite element method (FEM) has been used. FEM results have also been compared to a 3D multimodal method and to a classical 1D frequency domain model.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionAcoustical Society of AmericaUniversitat Ramon Llull. La SalleKTH Royal Institute of TechnologyUniversité Grenoble Alpes2025202520152016info:eu-repo/semantics/article12 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/5729https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4962488reponame:DAU Arxiu Digital de la Universitat Ramon Llullinstname:Universitat Ramon Llull (URL)InglésJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (2016), Vol. 140, Nº3, pp 1707-1718© Acoustical Society of America. Tots els drets reservatsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:dau.url.edu:20.500.14342/57292026-06-21T06:40:37Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
title Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
spellingShingle Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
Arnela, Marc
Vocal tract acoustics
Human voice
Acoustical properties
Acoustic field
Vowel systems
Wave propagation
Computer simulation
Finite-element analysis
Partial differential equations
Organs
004
53
531/534
537
title_short Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
title_full Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
title_fullStr Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
title_full_unstemmed Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
title_sort Influence of vocal tract geometry simplifications on the numerical simulation of vowel sounds
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arnela, Marc
Dabbaghchian, Saeed
Bladin, Rémi
Guasch, Oriol
Engwall, Olov
Van Hirtum, Annemie
Pelorson, Xavier
author Arnela, Marc
author_facet Arnela, Marc
Dabbaghchian, Saeed
Bladin, Rémi
Guasch, Oriol
Engwall, Olov
Van Hirtum, Annemie
Pelorson, Xavier
author_role author
author2 Dabbaghchian, Saeed
Bladin, Rémi
Guasch, Oriol
Engwall, Olov
Van Hirtum, Annemie
Pelorson, Xavier
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universitat Ramon Llull. La Salle
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Université Grenoble Alpes
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Vocal tract acoustics
Human voice
Acoustical properties
Acoustic field
Vowel systems
Wave propagation
Computer simulation
Finite-element analysis
Partial differential equations
Organs
004
53
531/534
537
topic Vocal tract acoustics
Human voice
Acoustical properties
Acoustic field
Vowel systems
Wave propagation
Computer simulation
Finite-element analysis
Partial differential equations
Organs
004
53
531/534
537
description For many years, the vocal tract shape has been approximated by one-dimensional (1D) area functions to study the production of voice. More recently, 3D approaches allow one to deal with the complex 3D vocal tract, although area-based 3D geometries of circular cross-section are still in use. However, little is known about the influence of performing such a simplification, and some alternatives may exist between these two extreme options. To this aim, several vocal tract geometry simplifications for vowels [ɑ], [i], and [u] are investigated in this work. Six cases are considered, consisting of realistic, elliptical, and circular cross-sections interpolated through a bent or straight midline. For frequencies below 4–5 kHz, the influence of bending and cross-sectional shape has been found weak, while above these values simplified bent vocal tracts with realistic cross-sections are necessary to correctly emulate higher-order mode propagation. To perform this study, the finite element method (FEM) has been used. FEM results have also been compared to a 3D multimodal method and to a classical 1D frequency domain model.
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