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-1060 Numerical Simulations of Gold-Coated Aluminum Foils Heated by the KALIF Applied-B Diode Proton Beam; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, D.H. Cohen, December 1997. (26 pages, 491 kB)
UWFDM-902 Numerical Simulation of the Stability in a Cable-In-Conduit Conductor Developed for Fusion-Magnet Applications; R.L. Wong, C.T. Yeaw, S.S. Shen, J.R. Miller, August 1992 [Presented at the 14th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego CA, 30 September - 3 October 1991. Also published as UCRL-JC-107258]. (8 pages, 892 kB) [more]
UWFDM-911 Numerical Simulation of the Stability in Long Cable-In-Conduit Conductors for Fusion Magnets; C.T. Yeaw and R.L. Wong, January 1993 [presented at the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Boston MA, 7-12 June 1992. Also published as UCRL-JC-109337]. (7 pages, 702 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1029 Numerical Simulation of the Explosion Dynamics and Energy Release from High-Gain ICF Targets; J.J. MacFarlane, M.E. Sawan, G.A. Moses, P. Wang, R.E. Olson, June 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (7 pages, 603 kB) [more]
UWFDM-706 Numerical Simulation of an ICF Target Explosion in a Stratified Gas Atmosphere; T.J. Bartel, R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, June 1986 [presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. Energy, Reno, NV, 15-19 June 1986]. (10 pages, 833 kB)
UWFDM-679 Numerical Simulation of a Stratified Gas ICF Cavity; Tim Bartel, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, April 1986. (94 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-973 Numerical Simulation of Target Microexplosion Dynamics for the LIBRA-SP Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, P. Wang, M.E. Sawan, R.R. Peterson, December 1994. (29 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1045 Numerical Simulation of Radiation-Driven Targets for Light Ion Inertial Confinement Fusion; R.E. Olson, J.J. MacFarlane, April 1997 [submitted to Laser and Particle Beams]. (21 pages, 430 kB) [more]
UWFDM-847 Numerical Simulation of Non-LTE Radiative Transfer and Atomic Physics Effects in Plasmas Created by Intense Proton Beams; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, D.L. Henderson, January 1991. (95 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-910 Numerical Simulation of High Energy Density Plasmas in Support of KALIF Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, D.L. Henderson, O. Yasar, January 1993. (58 pages, 850 kB)
UWFDM-1002 Numerical Simulation of High Energy Density Plasmas in KALIF Beam-Target Interaction Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane and P. Wang, December 1995. (63 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-848 Numerical Simulation of Emission Spectra from Ion Beam-Heated Aluminum Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, January 1991 [Lasers &\ Part. Beams 10 (1992) 349]. (27 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-397 Numerical Methods for Calculating the Temperature Increase in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor First Walls; A. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1980. (43 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-256 Nucleonic Design for a Compact Tokamak Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; E.T. Cheng, C.W. Maynard, W.F. Vogelsang, and A.C. Klein, August 1978 [Nucl. Tech. 45, 77 (1979)]. (63 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-471 Nucleation of Voids in Materials Supersaturated with Mobile Interstitials, Vacancies, and Divacancies; W.G. Wolfer and A. Si-Ahmed, May 1982 [Phil. Mag. A46, 723-736 (1982)]. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1131 Nuclear Power Without Radioactive Waste - The Promise of Lunar Helium-3; G.L. Kulcinski and H.H. Schmitt, July 2000 [presented at the Second Annual Lunar Development Conference, ``Return to the Moon II'', 20-21 July 2000, Las Vegas NV]. (9 pages, 228 kB)
UWFDM-1180 Nuclear Performance Assessment of ARIES-AT; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, August 2002 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 80 (2006) 99-110]. (20 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1108 Nuclear Issues and Analysis for ARIES Spherical and Advanced Tokamaks; L.A. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, September 1999 [Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Rome, Italy, 19-24 September 1999]. (11 pages, 625 kB)
UWFDM-1367 Nuclear Heating in Critical Components of Alternative ITER First Wall Attachment Mechanism; P.P.H. Wilson, M.E. Sawan, E.P. Marriott, M.A. Ulrickson, May 2009 [prepared for the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (5 pages, 422 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1051 Nuclear Heating and Damage Profiles in the ITER Divertor Cassette; M.E. Sawan and R.T. Santoro, September 1997 [Presented at the 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 6-10 October 1997, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 163 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1406 Nuclear Fusion of Advanced Fuels Using Converging Focused Ion Beams; Brian James Egle, December 2010 [Ph.D. thesis]. (226 pages, 13 MB)
UWFDM-1175 Nuclear Features of the Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE); M.E. Sawan, H.Y. Khater, S.J. Zinkle, April 2002 [presented at the 6th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, 7-12 April 2002, San Diego CA; published in Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 63-64, pp. 547-557 (2002)]. (15 pages, 364 kB) [more]
UWFDM-575 Nuclear Environment in the Array of Loops ICRF Launcher Module of INTOR; Mohamed E. Sawan, May 1984. (38 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-98 Nuclear Design of the Magnet Shield for Fusion Reactors; M.A. Abdou and C.W. Maynard, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (20 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-1162 Nuclear Considerations for FIRE; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, January 2002 [Presented at the 19th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 22-25 January 2002, Atlantic City NJ]. (7 pages, 588 kB)
UWFDM-1324 Nuclear Challenges and Progress in Designing Stellarator Power Plants; L.A. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, T. Tautges, R. Slaybaugh, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, The ARIES Team, May 2007 [submitted to the 13th International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems (ICENES-2007), 3-8 June 2007, Istanbul, Turkey]. (18 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1347 Nuclear Assessment of Shielding Configuration Options for Final Optics of HAPL Laser Fusion Power Plant; M. Sawan, A. Ibrahim, T. Bohm, P. Wilson, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA].
UWFDM-1310 Nuclear Assessment of Final Optics of a KrF Laser Driven Fusion Power Plant; M.E. Sawan, M.W. McGeoch, A. Ibrahim, P. Wilson, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM; published in Fusion Science and Technology, 52/4 (November 2007) 938-942]. (8 pages, 620 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1220 Nuclear Aspects of a Solid Wall Blanket Based on Advanced Ferritic Steel and Re-circulating Flibe; M.E. Sawan, October 2003 [presented at the 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), San Diego CA, 14-17 October 2003]. (7 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1134 Nuclear Analysis of the FIRE Ignition Device; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 293 kB)
UWFDM-1014 Nuclear Analysis for the Light Ion Fusion Power Reactor LIBRA-SP; M.E. Sawan, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 611 kB)
UWFDM-962 Nuclear Analysis for the Inertially Confined Direct Drive Laser Fusion Power Reactor SIRIUS-P; M.E. Sawan, June 1994 [presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, June 26 - July 1, 1994, Los Angeles CA; to be published in Fusion Engineering and Design]. (21 pages, 829 kB)
UWFDM-619 Nuclear Analysis for the INTOR Array of Loops ICRF Launcher Module Design; M.E. Sawan, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Tech. 8/1 (July 1985) 1431]. (9 pages, 855 kB)
UWFDM-928 Nuclear Analysis for the Blanket and Shield of the KrF Laser Driven Inertial Fusion Reactor SOMBRERO; M.E. Sawan and H.Y. Khater, October 1993 [presented at 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering,. 11-14 October 1993, Hyannis MA]. (7 pages, 624 kB)
UWFDM-1106 Nuclear Analysis for a Flowing Li2O Particulate Blanket Without Structural First Wall; M.E. Sawan, H.Y. Khater, D-K. Sze, September 1999 [Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology, Rome, Italy, 19-24 September 1999 published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 49-50, 667 (2000)]. (15 pages, 262 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1356 Nuclear Analyses for Two "Look-Alike" Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Test Blanket Sub-Modules Proposed by the US for Testing in ITER; M.Z. Youssef, M.E. Sawan and A. Ying, February 2006 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1567-1576]. [more]
UWFDM-1386 Novel Solution for the Problem of Neutron Streaming Through Inboard Assembly Gaps of ARIES Tokamak Power Plants; T. Bohm, L. El-Guebaly, November 2010 [presented at 19th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, November 7-11, 2010, Las Vegas NV. Published in Fusion Science and Technology 60, Number 1 (July 2011) 278-272.].
UWFDM-1366 Novel Diagnostic Approaches to Characterizing the Performance of the Wisconsin Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Plasma; David R. Boris, July 2009 [Ph.D. thesis]. (221 pages, 6.5 MB)
UWFDM-240 Notes on Fusion Hybrid Reactors; R.W. Conn, G.A. Moses, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1978. (14 pages, 815 kB)
UWFDM-1104 Non-Nuclear Power Sources for Deep Space; Elliot B. Kennel, John F. Santarius, Chi Tang, October 1999 [presented at the 33rd Intersociety Engineering Conference on Energy Conversion, 2-6 August 1998, Colorado Springs CO]. (5 pages, 196 kB) [more]