Droplets movement and deposition of an eight-rotor agricultural UAV in downwash flow field
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Keywords: chemical spray, droplet deposition, UAV, flow field, multi-rotor
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20171003.3075
Citation: Tang Q, Zhang R R, Chen L P, Xu M, Yi T C, Zhang B. Droplets movement and deposition of an eight-rotor agricultural UAV in downwash flow field. Int J Agric & Biol Eng, 2017; 10(3): 47–56.
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