Droplet deposition and control effect of insecticides sprayed with an unmanned aerial vehicle against plant hoppers

2016 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Cai Qin ◽  
Bai-Jing Qiu ◽  
Xin-Yu Xue ◽  
Chen Chen ◽  
Zhu-Feng Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Droplet Deposition ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
And Control

scholarly journals Droplet Deposition and Control of Planthoppers of Different Nozzles in Two-Stage Rice with a Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 303
Author(s):  
Pengchao Chen ◽  
Yubin Lan ◽  
Xiaoyu Huang ◽  
Haixia Qi ◽  
Guobin Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Spray Drift ◽  
Droplet Deposition ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Flowering Stage ◽  
Rice Planthoppers ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Carrier Volume ◽  
And Control

Previous studies have confirmed that choosing nozzles that produce coarser droplets could reduce the risk of pesticide spray drift, but this conclusion is based on a large volume of application, and it is easy to ignore how this impacts the control effect. The difference from the conventional spray is that the carrier volume of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is very limited. Little was known about how to choose suitable nozzles with UAV’s limited volume to ensure appropriate pest control. Droplet deposition with the addition of adjuvant and the LU110-010, LU110-015, and LU110-020 nozzles and control of planthoppers within nozzles treatments were studied by a quadrotor UAV in rice (Tillering and Flowering stages). Allura Red (10 g/L) was used as a tracer and Kromekote cards were used to collect droplet deposits. The results indicate that the density of the droplets covered by the LU110-01 nozzle is well above other treatments, while the differences in droplet deposition and coverage are not significant. The deposition and coverage were improved with the addition of adjuvant, especially in LU110-01 nozzles’ treatment. The control effects of rice planthoppers treated by LU110-01 nozzle were 89.4% and 90.8% respectively, which were much higher than 67.6% and 58.5% of LU110-020 nozzle at 7 days in the Tillering and Flowering stage. The results suggest that selecting a nozzle with a small atomizing particle size for UAV could improve the control effect of planthoppers.

scholarly journals Comparison of Droplet Deposition Control Efficacy on Phytophthora capsica and Aphids in the Processing Pepper Field of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Knapsack Sprayer

Agronomy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinggang Xiao ◽  
Rui Du ◽  
Lin Yang ◽  
Xiaoqiang Han ◽  
Sifeng Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Phytophthora Capsici ◽  
Droplet Deposition ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Control Effect ◽  
Control Efficacy ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
Knapsack Sprayer ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Pillar Industry

Processing pepper planting and processing have become an important red pillar industry in Xinjiang. With the continuous growth of processing pepper planting areas in Xinjiang, diseases and pests are increasing year by year. The aim of this study was to compare the droplet deposition and control efficiency of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and electric air-pressure knapsack (EAP) sprayers on a processing pepper field. The UAV sprayer had a poor droplet coverage rate, droplet density, and deposition uniformity, but displayed the best deposition (1.01 μg/cm2, which was 98% more than the EAP sprayer). The control efficacy of the UAV sprayer on processing pepper fields with Phytophthora capsici and aphids was slightly lower than that of the EAP sprayer. When the UAV sprayer was used to control processing pepper diseases and pests, it could reduce the pesticide dosage on the premise of ensuring the control effect. Further study of the residue of high concentration pesticides in pepper fruit and environment sprayed by UAVs are needed.

Modeling and control of a quadrotor tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicles

2021 ◽  
pp. 095965182110504
Author(s):  
Hongbo Xin ◽  
Yujie Wang ◽  
Xianzhong Gao ◽  
Qingyang Chen ◽  
Bingjie Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Control System ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Euler Angle ◽  
Level Flight ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Flight Mode ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Hover Flight ◽  
And Control

The tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicles have the advantages of multi-rotors and fixed-wing aircrafts, such as vertical takeoff and landing, long endurance and high-speed cruise. These make the tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle capable for special tasks in complex environments. In this article, we present the modeling and the control system design for a quadrotor tail-sitter unmanned aerial vehicle whose main structure consists of a traditional quadrotor with four wings fixed on the four rotor arms. The key point of the control system is the transition process between hover flight mode and level flight mode. However, the normal Euler angle representation cannot tackle both of the hover and level flight modes because of the singularity when pitch angle tends to [Formula: see text]. The dual-Euler method using two Euler-angle representations in two body-fixed coordinate frames is presented to couple with this problem, which gives continuous attitude representation throughout the whole flight envelope. The control system is divided into hover and level controllers to adapt to the two different flight modes. The nonlinear dynamic inverse method is employed to realize fuselage rotation and attitude stabilization. In guidance control, the vector field method is used in level flight guidance logic, and the quadrotor guidance method is used in hover flight mode. The framework of the whole system is established by MATLAB and Simulink, and the effectiveness of the guidance and control algorithms are verified by simulation. Finally, the flight test of the prototype shows the feasibility of the whole system.

scholarly journals Dynamic Stability and Control of a Manipulating Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunping Liu ◽  
Xijie Huang ◽  
Yonghong Zhang ◽  
Yukang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Lyapunov Exponent ◽  
Dynamic Stability ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Impedance Control ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Constructive Method ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

This paper focuses on the dynamic stability analysis of a manipulator mounted on a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle, namely, a manipulating unmanned aerial vehicle (MUAV). Manipulator movements and environments interaction will extremely affect the dynamic stability of the MUAV system. So the dynamic stability analysis of the MUAV system is of paramount importance for safety and satisfactory performance. However, the applications of Lyapunov’s stability theory to the MUAV system have been extremely limited, due to the lack of a constructive method available for deriving a Lyapunov function. Thus, Lyapunov exponent method and impedance control are introduced, and the Lyapunov exponent method can establish the quantitative relationships between the manipulator movements and the dynamics stability, while impedance control can reduce the impact of environmental interaction on system stability. Numerical simulation results have demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Development of Autonomous Quad-Tilt-Wing (QTW) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle: Design, Modeling, and Control

2010 ◽  
pp. 77-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenzo Nonami ◽  
Farid Kendoul ◽  
Satoshi Suzuki ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Daisuke Nakazawa
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Vehicle Design ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
And Control

Modeling and control of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle using type-2 fuzzy systems

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-46
Author(s):  
Ayad Al-Mahturi ◽  
Fendy Santoso ◽  
Matthew A. Garratt ◽  
Sreenatha G. Anavatti
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Fuzzy Systems ◽  
Modeling And Control ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
And Control

Numerical Simulation and Experimental Verification of the Deposition Concentration of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Shi ◽  
Hanping Mao ◽  
Xianping Guan
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulation ◽  
Flow Field ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Laser Scanner ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Droplet Deposition ◽  
Aerial Vehicle ◽  
Motion Characteristics

Abstract. To analyze the droplet deposition under the influence of the flow field of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a hand-held three-dimensional (3D) laser scanner was used to scan 3D images of the UAV. Fluent software was used to simulate the motion characteristics of droplets and flow fields under the conditions of a flight speed of 3 m/s and an altitude of 1.5 m. The results indicated that the ground deposition concentration in the nonrotor flow field was high, the spray field width was 2.6 m, and the droplet deposition concentration was 50 to 200 ug/cm2. Under the influence of the rotor flow field, the widest deposition range of droplets reached 12.8 m. Notably, the droplet deposition uniformity worsened, and the concentration range of the droplet deposition was 0 to 500 ug/cm2. With the downward development of the downwash flow field, the overall velocity of the flow field gradually decreased, and the influence interval of the flow field gradually expanded. In this article, the droplet concentration was verified under simulated working conditions by a field experiment, thereby demonstrating the reliability of the numerical simulation results. This research could provide a basis for determining optimal UAV operating parameters, reducing the drift of droplets and increasing the utilization rate of pesticides. Keywords: Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Aerial application, Downwash flow field, Droplet deposition, Simulation analysis.

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