University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Memos (UWFDM)

The UWFDM series of technical reports details the research of the Fusion Technology Institute from 1971 to the present. Over 800 authors have contributed more than 60000 pages to the 1400 reports. Nearly all are online.
Publications
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UWFDM-62 Irradiation Induced Strengthening in the UWCTR Blanket; R. Brown, March 1973. (64 pages, 4.1 MB)
UWFDM-59 Irradiation Effects to Insulators and Their Application to UWCTR; P.A. Sanger, March 23, 1973. (70 pages, 3.8 MB)
UWFDM-883 Irradiation Behavior of Bonded Structures: Impact of Swelling-Creep-Stress Relationship; M.H. Hassan, J.P. Blanchard, G.L. Kulcinski, March 1992 [Prepared for the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-12 June 1992, Boston MA]. (10 pages, 701 kB)
UWFDM-919 Irradiation Behavior of Bonded Structures; M.H. Hassan, August 1993 [Ph.D. thesis]. (242 pages, 9.0 MB)
UWFDM-981 Ionization in the Winds of Early-B Stars: Constraints Imposed by EUVE; J.J. MacFarlane, D.H. Cohen, J.P. Cassinelli, P. Wang, June 1995 [Proceedings of the IAU 152: ``Astrophysics in the Extreme Ultraviolet'', Berkeley CA, 27-30 March 1995]. (8 pages, 660 kB)
UWFDM-605 Ion Irradiation of High Strength, High Conductivity Copper Alloys at Fusion-Relevant Temperatures; S.J. Zinkle, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, November 1984 [presented at the First International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Tokyo, Japan, 3-6 December 1984; to be published in J. Nucl. Materials]. (21 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-816 Investigations into X-Ray Damage to the First Wall of the Inertial Confinement Fusion Laboratory Microfusion Facility; Robert R. Peterson, October 1989 [Presented at the Ninth International Workshop on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, 6-10 November 1989, Monterey CA]. (15 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-929 Investigation of the Radiation Effects Upon the Stability of Fusion Magnet Coils; C.T. Yeaw, October 1993 [presented at 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 11-14 October 1993, Hyannis MA]. (7 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-1010 Investigation of Non-Thermal Particle Effects on Ionization Dynamics in High Current Density Ion Beam Transport Experiments; H.K. Chung, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, G.A. Moses, J.E. Bailey, C.L. Olson, D.R. Welch, May 1996 (revised August 1996) [Presented at the 11th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, CA, 12-16 May 1996; to be published in Review of Scientific Instruments]. (16 pages, 670 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1110 Investigation of Lunar Pickup-Ion Dynamics; Matthew J. Malecki, October 1999. (9 pages, 125 kB)
UWFDM-612 Inversion Techniques for Several Banded Matrices; J.W. Johnson, January 1985. (30 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1000 Interlune-Intermars Business Intiative: Returning to Deep Space; H.H. Schmitt, April 1997 [published in Journal of Aerospace Engineering, April 1997, pp. 60-67]. (10 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-960 Interactions Between an Organic Coolant and Drops of Molten Lithium; L.S. Nelson, J.D. Krueger, M.L. Corradini, June 1994. (50 pages, 9.0 MB)
UWFDM-319 Interaction of Lower Hybrid Wave Fields with Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Instability; K-C. Shaing, October 1979. (31 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-231 Intense Sources of Fast Neutrons; H. Barschall, March 1978 [Ann. Rev. Nuclear Part. Sci. 28 (1978) 207]. (64 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-1373 Integrated Management Strategy for Fusion Activated Materials: US Position and Regulations; L.A. El-Guebaly and L. Cadwallader, July 2009 [Proceedings of 9th IAEA Technical Meeting on Fusion Power Plant Safety, July 15-17, 2009, Vienna, Austria. To be published by IAEA.]. (9 pages, 316 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1292 Insights from Clearance Assessments of Fusion Power Plants: ARIES and PPCS; L. El-Guebaly, R. Pampin, M. Zucchetti, July 2006. (20 pages, 970 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1241 Initial Study of Supercritical Fluid Blowdown; G. Mignot, M. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 574-580]. (7 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1111 Initial Nuclear Performance Evaluation of the FIRE Ignition Device; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 1999 [Presented at the 18th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Albuquerque NM, 25-29 October 1999]. (7 pages, 640 kB)
UWFDM-1015 Initial Nuclear Assessment for a Low Aspect Ratio Power Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, and the ARIES Team, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 553 kB)
UWFDM-1297 Initial Engineering Assessment of Actinide Transmutation in Z-Pinch Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, B. Cipiti, P.H. Wilson, P. Phruksarojanakun, R. Grady, I. Sviatoslavsky, December 2006 (revised June 2007). (22 pages, 851 kB) [more]
UWFDM-915 Initial Computer Simulations of Vaporization of Material in Experiments Meant to Mimic Divertor Plates During Tokamak Disruptions; R.R. Peterson, May 1993. (37 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-1236 Initial Activation Assessment for ARIES Compact Stellarator Power Plant; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Paige, and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 440-444]. (8 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-1240 Inertial-Fusion-Related Hydrodynamic Instabilities in a Spherical Gas Bubble Accelerated by a Planar Shock Wave; J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, M. Anderson, J. Oakley, R. Bonazza, J. Greenough, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1160-1164]. (8 pages, 850 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1163 Inertial Fusion Energy Target Output and Chamber Response: Calculations and Experiments; R.R. Peterson, D.A. Haynes, Jr., I.E. Golovkin, G.A. Moses, January 2002 [published in Physics of Plasmas, 9, No. 5, 2287 (May 2002)]. (15 pages, 967 kB)
UWFDM-341 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors Based on the Gas Protection Concept; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, G.A. Moses, and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (50 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-765 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1987 to 30 June 1988; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, J.J. Barry, F. Gonzalez, M. El-Afify, G.A. Moses, M.L. Corradini, July 1988. (125 pages, 4.1 MB)
UWFDM-793 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Report for the Period 1 July 1988 to 30 June 1989; J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.L. Corradini, G.A. Moses, K.H. Bang, J.J. Barry, July 1989. (156 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-725 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, M. El-Afify, M.L. Corradini, July 1987. (81 pages, 3.5 MB)
UWFDM-932 Incorporation of the Simplified Hydrogen Generation Scheme into the One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model, TEXAS III; John G. Murphy, January 1994 [M.S. thesis]. (223 pages, 8.2 MB)
UWFDM-758 Inboard Shield Optimization and Divertor Shield Design for TIBER-II; L.A. El-Guebaly, March 1988 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 10, 181 (1989)]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1405 In-Vessel Components and Blanket Development Strategy for PPPL Pilot Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, L.M. Waganer, September 2011. (15 pages, 618 kB) [more]
UWFDM-445 In-Situ Tritium Recovery from Li17Pb83 Breeding Blanket; D.K. Sze, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (7 pages, 756 kB)
UWFDM-136 Impurity Effects on Plasma Performance in Two Component Tokamaks; R.W. Conn, M. Khelladi, and J. Kesner, October 1975 [submitted to Nuclear Fusion]. (57 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-1395 Improvements to the Helium Flow Path in the US DCLL ITER Test Blanket Module; E.P. Marriott, June 2011. (17 pages, 3.0 MB)
UWFDM-767 Improvements in the SOAST Code; Y. Yamauchi, G.L. Kulcinski, C.D. Croessmann, August 1988. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-407 Improvements in the FIRE Code for Simulating the Response of a Cavity Gas to Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Explosions; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, and T.J. McCarville, June 1981 (revised February 1982). (91 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-958 Improvement in Fusion Reactor Performance due to Ion Channeling; G.A. Emmert, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.M. Meade, June 1994 [Prepared for the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 19-23, 1994, New Orleans LA]. (8 pages, 896 kB) [more]
UWFDM-355 Improved Performance of a He- Source; J.H. Billen and H.T. Richards, October 1980. (9 pages, 755 kB)
UWFDM-55 Important Considerations in the Design of a Shield for a CTR Magnet; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, July 1973. (9 pages, 623 kB)