Numerical simulation and analysis on spray drift movement of multirotor plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle

Energies

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2018, Pages

  Yang, Fengbo ^a   Xue, Xinyu ^a   Cai, Chen ^a   Sun, Zhu ^a   Zhou, Qingqing ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Drift model; Droplet; Two phase flow; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Wind field

Indexed keywords

AIR; ANTENNAS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DROPS; MACHINERY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SPRAY NOZZLES; TURBULENCE MODELS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS METHODS; DRIFT MODEL; K-EPSILON TURBULENCE MODEL; RADIAL BASIS NEURAL NETWORKS; SIMULATION AND ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW MODEL; WIND FIELD;

TWO PHASE FLOW;

EID: 85053913787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en11092399     Document Type: Article

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