The Application of the Immersed Boundary Method to Modeling Phonation Comer Duncan1, Guangnian Zhai1, and Ronald Scherer2 (1) Department of Physics and Astronomy, (2) Department of Communication Disorders Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green

Initial Modeling of Simplified Models of Phonation

2D Model Feasibility Studies

•Single layer model

•Properties of folds’ materials lumped into force constants of the particles which make up the layer •Choose force constants which promote self-oscillation