Performance characterization of the UAV chemical application based on CFD simulation

Agronomy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2019, Pages

  Zhu, Hang ^a   Li, Hongze ^a   Zhang, Cui ^a   Li, Junxing ^b   Zhang, Huihui ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin Academy of Agricultural Machinery   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control variables; Droplet drift; Flat fan atomizer; Simulation analysis; UAV chemical application

Indexed keywords

EID: 85068474447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9060308     Document Type: Article

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