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-343 Modelling of Bundle Divertors; G.A. Emmert, January 1980. (36 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-586 Modeling of Void Swelling in Irradiated Steels; B. Glasgow and W.G. Wolfer, June 1984 [presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, l984]. (23 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-649 Modeling of Lithium-Lead/Water Interactions in a Fusion Reactor Design: Part II. Modeling Improvements; J.P. Herzog, M.L. Corradini, September 1985. (28 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1321 Modeling and Analysis of Loss of Coolant and Loss of Flow Accidents in the ARIES-CS Fusion Power Plant; C.J. Martin and L.A. El-Guebaly, February 2007. (15 pages, 691 kB)
UWFDM-1390 Modeling Impact-Induced Reactivity Changes Using DAG-MCNP; B.M. Smith, P.P.H. Wilson, February 2011 [Proceedings of Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space, February 7-11, 2011, Albuquerque NM]. (10 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-553 Modeling Crack Growth Processes in Fusion Reactor Materials; R.H. Jones and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (15 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-487 Modal Analysis of Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Vessels; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, November 1982 [presented at the First International Modal Analysis Conference, Orlando, FL, November 8-10, 1982]. (10 pages, 852 kB)
UWFDM-1362 Mobile Tiles for Inertial Fusion First Wall/Blanket; M.E. Sawan, E.P. Marriott, C.S. Aplin, and L.L. Snead, May 2009 [prepared for the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 767 kB) [more]
UWFDM-111 Mirror Instabilities in Divertors; A.T. Mense, J.D. Callen, and G.A. Emmert, September 1974. (15 pages, 802 kB) [more]
UWFDM-230 Mirror Damage Thresholds for Laser Fusion Pulse Shapes; J.E. Howard and T.O. Hunter, January 1978. (19 pages, 729 kB)
UWFDM-817 Mining Helium-3 from the Moon - A Solution to the Earth's Energy Needs in the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, H.H. Schmitt, E.N. Cameron, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, November 1989 [presented at the 1990 SME Annual Meeting, 26 February - 1 March 1990, Salt Lake City UT]. (13 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-305 Minimizing Radioactivity and Other Features of Elemental and Isotopic Tailoring of Materials for Fusion Reactors; R.W. Conn, K. Okula, and A.W. Johnson, May 1978 [Nuc. Tech. 41, 389 (1978)]. (36 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-313 Minerals Resource Implications of a Tokamak Reactor Economy; E. Cameron, R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, and I. Sviatoslavsky, September 1979. (74 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-801 Microstructures and Properties of Unirradiated and Irradiated High-Strength Invar Alloys; K. Sridharan, R.D. Griffin, R.A. Dodd, F.J. Worzala, August 1989. (22 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-783 Microstructure of Ion Irradiated Nickel and Nickel-Copper Alloys; Lu-Min Wang, December 1988 [Ph.D. thesis]. (196 pages, 25 MB)
UWFDM-661 Microstructure of Copper Following High Dose 14-MeV Cu Ion Irradiation; S.J. Zinkle, G.L. Kulcinski and R.W. Knoll, November 1985 [presented at the 1985 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, 13-17 October 1985, Toronto, Ontario]. (31 pages, 6.4 MB)
UWFDM-667 Microstructural Modification of 2-1/4 Cr-1 Mo Steel by Irradiation with 14 MeV Nickel Ions; R.L. Sindelar, J.J. Kai, D.L. Plumton, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1985 [presented at the 1985 TMS-AIME Fall Meeting, 13-17 October 1985, Toronto, Ontario]. (28 pages, 8.6 MB)
UWFDM-684 Microstructural Evolution in Helium Doped HT-9 Ferritic Steel Following 14 MeV Ni Ion Irradiation; J.J. Kai, G.L. Kulcinski and R.A. Dodd, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (24 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-677 Microfireballs in Stratified Target Chamber Gases in the Light Ion Target Development Facility - Final Report for the Period September 9, 1983 to September 30, 1985; T.J. Bartel, G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, September 1985. (24 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-613 Microfireball Propagation in Z-Discharge Plasma Channels in the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; Robert R. Peterson, John J. Watrous and Gregory A. Moses, January 1985. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1388 Methods for Modeling Impact-Induced Reactivity Changes in Small Reactors; J.A. Smith, D.L. Villa, B.M. Smith, R.F. Radel, T.E. Radel, T.N. Tallman, R.J. Lipinski, P.P.H. Wilson, October 2010 [also Sandia National Laboratories Report SAND2010-6412]. [more]
UWFDM-509 Mechanical and Thermal Design Aspects of the Blanket, and Maintenance Considerations of the Central Cell in MARS; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, Y.T. Li, and D.K. Sze, May 1983 [presented at the Fifth ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 26-28 April 1983, Knoxville, TN]. (9 pages, 827 kB)
UWFDM-1260 Mechanical and Microstructural Changes in Heavy Ion Irradiated Metals; David Hewson Plantz, December 1990 [Ph.D. thesis]. (185 pages, 15 MB)
UWFDM-446 Mechanical Response of Cavity Tube Banks in Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 641 kB)
UWFDM-773 Mechanical Property Changes in Ion Irradiated Metals - Part II: High Strength Cu-Ni-Be Alloy; D.H. Plantz, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, June 1989 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL]. (20 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-772 Mechanical Property Changes in Ion Irradiated Metals - Part I: Ni-Cu Alloys; D.H. Plantz, L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, June 1989 [presented at the Symposium on Irradiation Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering, 1988 TMS Fall Meeting, 26-29 September 1988, Chicago IL]. (22 pages, 4.8 MB)
UWFDM-828 Mechanical Design of the LMF Target Chamber; R.L. Engelstad, J.W. Powers and E.G. Lovell, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (9 pages, 648 kB)
UWFDM-836 Mechanical Design and Fabrication of the U.S. Solid Breeder Blanket for ITER; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.P. Blanchard, Y. Gohar, S. Majumdar, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (9 pages, 852 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1019 Mechanical Design Aspects of the LIBRA-SP Light Ion Beam Driven ICF Power Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.A. Mogahed, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, H.Y. Khater, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, P. Wang, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (8 pages, 816 kB)
UWFDM-299 Mechanical Constitutive Laws for the Irradiation Behavior of Graphite; R.D. Watson and W.G. Wolfer, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 159 (1979)]. (10 pages, 773 kB)
UWFDM-561 Mechanical Analysis of First Wall Tubes for the LIBRA Conceptual Reactor; R. Engelstad and E. Lovell, December 1983 [presented at the IEEE Mtg., Philadelphia, PA, 12-16 December 1983]. (6 pages, 636 kB)
UWFDM-1046 Measurements of Planar Target Heating by an Intense Lithium Ion Beam; J.E. Bailey, J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, A.L. Carlson, T.A. Haill, D.J. Johnson, P. Lake, E.J. McGuire, T.A. Mehlhorn, May 1997 [submitted to Physical Review E]. (43 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1298 Measurements of Mixing Induced at a Gas Interface by the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; D. Ranjan, J. Niederhaus, J. Oakley, M.H. Anderson, J. Greenough, R. Bonazza, July 2004 [presented at the 24th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW24), Beijing, China, 11-16 July 2004; published in Shock Waves, Z.L. Jiang (ed.), Paper 2691]. (9 pages, 644 kB) [more]
UWFDM-662 Measured Vaporization and Melting of High Heat Flux Materials Due to Intense Heat Loads; C.D. Croessmann, G.L. Kulcinski, J.B. Whitley, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (8 pages, 847 kB)
UWFDM-342 Matrix Representation of Multivariate Polynomials - A Systematic Approach for Computer Algebra; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1980. (11 pages, 617 kB)
UWFDM-27 Materials and Cost Analysis of Constant-Tension Magnet Windings for Tokamak Reactors; W.C. Young and R.W. Boom, September 1972. (11 pages, 939 kB)
UWFDM-683 Materials Testing in the ICF Test Facility SIRIUS-M; M.E. Sawan and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL; J. Nucl. Matl. 141-143 (1986) 1039]. (23 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-52 Materials Radiation Damage Limitations in the Wisconsin Fusion Reactor Design; G.L. Kulcinski, R.G. Brown, R.G. Lott, and P.A. Sanger, July 1973. (18 pages, 1.9 MB) [more]
UWFDM-624 Materials Problems for Highly Irradiated ICRH Launchers in Fusion Reactors; L.A. El-Guebaly, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Tech. 8, No. 1, Part 2A, 553 (July 1985)]. (9 pages, 885 kB)
UWFDM-186 Materials Problems and Possible Solutions for Near Term Tokamak Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, September 1976. (38 pages, 2.3 MB)