Numerical solutions of unsteady flows with low inlet Mach numbers Original Research Article

This study deals with a numerical solution of a 2D unsteady flow of a compressible viscous fluid in a channel for low inlet airflow velocity. The unsteadiness of the flow is caused by a prescribed periodic motion of a part of the channel wall with large amplitudes, nearly closing the channel during oscillations. The channel is a simplified model of the glottal space in the human vocal tract and the flow can represent a model of airflow coming from the trachea, through the glottal region with periodically vibrating vocal folds, and to the human vocal tract. The flow is described by a system of Navier–Stokes equations for laminar flows. The numerical solution is implemented using the finite volume method (FVM) and the predictor–corrector MacCormack scheme with Jameson artificial viscosity using a grid of quadrilateral cells. Due to the unsteadiness of th