A system to evaluate shear effects on spray drift retardant performance

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1993-1999

  Reichard, D L ^a,b   Zhu, H ^a,c   Downer, R A ^d   Fox, R D ^a,b   Brazee, R D ^a,b   Ozkan, H E ^a,c   Hall, F R ^d  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drift retardant; Pesticide; Shear; Spray

Indexed keywords

DRIFT; SHEAR FLOW; SPRAYS; TWO-PHASE FLOW(LIQUID/LIQUID);

EID: 0030302286     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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