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-323 First Wall Protection in ICF Reactors by Inert Cavity Gases; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1979. (103 pages, 3.7 MB)
UWFDM-324 On the Performance of Fuel Elements Enriched in the SOLASE-H Hybrid Reactor; R.M. Lewis, P.R. Schwab, and W.G. Wolfer, February 1980. (71 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-325 Preliminary Information on the University of Wisconsin Tandem Mirror Reactor Design; B. Badger, G.L. Kulcinski, L.L. Lao, D.C. Larbalestier, E. Larsen, L-P. Mai, J. Beyer, J.D. Callen, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, S. Grotz, S. Hong, J. Kesner, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, I. Ojalvo, K. Okula, M. Ortman, R.T. Perry, J. Santarius, J. Scharer, K. Shaing, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, A. White, and P. Wilkes, November 1979. (56 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-326 Radiation-Induced Creep in Single Crystals of Face-Centered Cubic Materials; W.G. Wolfer, October 1979 [Phil. Mag. A31, 61-70 (1981)]. (33 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-327 The Effect of Nonlinear Elasticity on the Capture Efficiency of Dislocation Loops; W.G. Wolfer and A. Si-Ahmed, October 1979 [Phys. Letts. 76A, 341-343 (1980)]. (11 pages, 713 kB)
UWFDM-328 Axisymmetric Sloshing Ion Tandem Mirror Plugs; J. Kesner, October 1979 [Nucl. Fus. 20, 557 (May 1980)]. (23 pages, 974 kB)
UWFDM-329 The Capture Efficiency of Coated Voids; W.G. Wolfer and L.K. Mansur, November 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 91, 265-276 (1980)]. (38 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-330 NUWMAK - A Tokamak Reactor Design Study; B. Badger, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J. Beyer, D. Blackfield, R.W. Boom, E. Cameron, E. Cheng, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, M. Gordinier, S. Hong, J. Kesner, A. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, L. Lao, E. Larsen, L.P. Mai, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, P. Michaelson, G. O'Donnell, M. Ortman, M. Ragheb, J. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, T. Thornton, W.F. Vogelsang, P. Wilkes, J. Williams, T. Wu, J. Wrazel, and W.C. Young, March 1979. (756 pages, 28 MB) [more]
UWFDM-330a NUWMAK - A Tokamak Reactor Design Study - Chapter I (Design Philosophy) & II (Overview and Summary); B. Badger, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J. Beyer, D. Blackfield, E. Cameron, E. Cheng, R.W. Conn, G.A. Emmert, M. Gordinier, S. Hong, J. Kesner, A. Klein, G.L. Kulcinski, L. Lao, E. Larsen, L.P. Mai, T.K. Mau, C.W. Maynard, P. Michaelson, G. O'Donnell, M. Ortman, M. Ragheb, J. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, T. Thornton, W.F. Vogelsang, P. Wilkes, J. Williams, T. Wu, J. Wrazel, and W.C. Young, March 1979. (41 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-331 14 MeV d,t Sources; H.H. Barschall, November 1979 [chapter in "Neutron Sources", Pergamon Press, 1983]. (58 pages, 3.3 MB)
UWFDM-332 Radiation Effects in Molybdenum and Molybdenum-Zirconium Alloy; Kang-Yih Liou, December 1979 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 7.5 MB)
UWFDM-333 Impact of Fusion-Fission Hybrids on World Nuclear Future; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, P. Jansen, G. Kessler, and P. Klumpp, May 1980. (80 pages, 2.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-334 Parametric Calculations of 239Pu Breeding in Hybrid Blankets With and Without Tritium Breeding; D.L. Henderson and G.A. Moses, June 1979. (20 pages, 854 kB)
UWFDM-335 Advanced Fusion Fuel Cycles and Fusion Reaction Kinetics - Preliminary Proposal; G.W. Shuy, December 1979. (85 pages, 3.2 MB)
UWFDM-336 FIRE - A Computer Code to Simulate Cavity Gas Response to Inertial Confinement Target Explosions; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (81 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-337 Summary of the Fusion-Fission Hybrid Fuel Cycle Analysis (Tritiumless Hybrids?); S.I. Abdel-Khalik, R.W. Conn, D. Henderson, F. Kantrowitz, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, G.A. Moses, M.S. Ortman, M. Ragheb, W.F. Vogelsang, and M.Z. Youssef, December 1979. (36 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-338 The Current Perception of the Environmental Features of Fusion vs. Fission After a Decade of Study; G.L. Kulcinski, November 1980. (10 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-339 Limiter Pumping System for Divertorless Tokamaks; R.W. Conn, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and D.K. Sze, November 1979. (8 pages, 882 kB)
UWFDM-340 Power Balance in a Tandem Mirror Reactor With Thermal Barriers; J.F. Santarius and R.W. Conn, January 1980. (34 pages, 1.2 MB)
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-342 Matrix Representation of Multivariate Polynomials - A Systematic Approach for Computer Algebra; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1980. (11 pages, 617 kB)
UWFDM-343 Modelling of Bundle Divertors; G.A. Emmert, January 1980. (36 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-344 A Preliminary Design of the End Plug Magnet System for a Tandem Mirror Reactor; S.O. Hong, D.C. Larbalestier, L.P. Mai, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and I. Ojalvo, November 1979. (8 pages, 818 kB) [more]
UWFDM-345 Experiments on the Corrosion of 316 Stainless Steel by Liquid Lithium; D.G. Bauer, W.E. Stewart, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and D.K. Sze, April 1980. (11 pages, 862 kB)
UWFDM-346 Effective Time and Resonance Width in Cyclotron Resonance Heating; J.E. Howard, May 1980. (29 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-347 The Role of Gas Pressure and Lateral Stress on Blistering; W.G. Wolfer, April 1980 [J. Nucl. Matls. 93 & 94, 713-730 (1980)]. (27 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-348 Barrier Cell Sheath Formation; J. Kesner, April 1980. (12 pages, 599 kB)
UWFDM-349 Tandem Mirror Sloshing - Electron Plugs; J. Kesner, April 1980. (16 pages, 778 kB)
UWFDM-350 High-Density Equation of State for Helium and Its Application to Bubbles in Solids; W.G. Wolfer, June 1980 [ASTM-STP, 201-212 (1981)]. (21 pages, 919 kB)
UWFDM-351 Tritium Recovery from Solid Breeders: Implications of the Existing Data; K. Okula and D.K. Sze, April 1980. (10 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-352 Effects of the Fast Wave on the Drift-Cyclotron Loss-Cone Model; Ker-Chung Shaing, December 1980. (24 pages, 825 kB)
UWFDM-353 Numerical Simulations of ICRF Heated Tokamak Plasmas; D.T. Blackfield, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (258 pages, 7.1 MB)
UWFDM-354 The Fusion Fission Hybrid - Roles in the Energy Economy; R.T. Perry, B.R. Leonard, Jr., and V.L. Teofilo, May 1980. (8 pages, 788 kB) [more]
UWFDM-355 Improved Performance of a He- Source; J.H. Billen and H.T. Richards, October 1980. (9 pages, 755 kB)
UWFDM-356 The Impact of Plasma Wall Interactions on the Burn Dynamics of Tokamak Reactors; M.R. Gordinier, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (205 pages, 5.4 MB)
UWFDM-357 Advanced Fusion Fuel Cycles and Fusion Reaction Kinetics; G. Shuy, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (156 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-358 Fusion-Fission Systems Analysis and the Impact of Nuclear Data Uncertainties on Design; M.Z. Youssef, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (339 pages, 12 MB)
UWFDM-359 Fusion Power - One Answer to United States Energy Needs in the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, R.W. Conn, E.N. Cameron, and I. Sviatoslavsky, August 1980 (revised January 1981). (82 pages, 4.4 MB)
UWFDM-360 On the Simultaneous Formation of Interstitial- and Vacancy-Type Loops During Irradiation; A. Si-Ahmed and W.G. Wolfer, June 1980. (7 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-361 Design Procedure of the Central Cell Solenoids for the Tandem Mirror Reactor WITAMIR-I; W. Maurer, D.C. Larbalestier, and I. Sviatoslavsky, May 1980. (23 pages, 862 kB) [more]