Comparing downwind spray droplet deposits of four flat-fan nozzle types measured in a wind tunnel and analyzed using dropletscan™ software

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 173-177

  Wolf, Robert E ^a  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet size; DropletScan ; Spray drift; Spray tips; Water sensitive paper; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HERBICIDES; NOZZLES; SPRAYING; WIND TUNNELS;

FLAT FAN NOZZLE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE DROPLETSCAN; SPRAY DRIFT; SPRAY TIPS; WATER SENSITIVE PAPER;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

VENTURI;

EID: 17744372719     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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