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-1094 X-1 Experiment Chamber Design and Analysis: Progress Report for the Period August 1, 1998 to September 30, 1998; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.A. Mogahed, H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Cousseau, J.F. Santarius, K. Olson, T. Utschig, D.L. Henderson, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.A. Moses, October 1998. (28 pages, 853 kB)
UWFDM-1123 Chamber Dynamic Research with Pulsed Power; R.R. Peterson, C.L. Olson, T.J. Renk, G.E. Rochau, M.A. Sweeney, February 2001 [accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A (2001)]. (13 pages, 135 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1124 Containment of Radioactive Material in the Z, ZX, and X-1 Facilities: Progress Report for the Period January 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999; R.R. Peterson, G.L. Kulcinski, M.H. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, D.A. Haynes, D.L. Henderson, D.C. Kammer, H.Y. Khater, P. McKenna, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, K. Olson, G.A. Rochau, J.F. Santarius, C. Sauer, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, T. Utschig, P.P.H. Wilson, J. Yuan, December 1999. (75 pages, 6.4 MB)
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-1177 RAGE Simulations of Radiation Driven Turbulence; Robert R. Peterson and Thad Heltemes, March 2002. (21 pages, 768 kB)
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-367 Technical Benefits of a Non-Tritium Breeding Hybrid Reactor; R.T. Perry and G.A. Moses, July 1980. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-379 A Review of Neutronic Design Criteria; R.T. Perry and C.W. Maynard, October 1980 [Proc. of the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (6 pages, 663 kB)
UWFDM-385 WITAMIR-I Neutronics - Papers Presented in 1980 on Tandem Mirror Reactor Central Cell Neutronics; R.T. Perry and C.W. Maynard, October 1980. (70 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-390 A Combined P3 Vitamin-C, MACK-IV, Coupled 25 Neutron-21 Gamma Group Cross Section Library - The U.W. Cross Section Library; R.T. Perry and G.A. Moses, December 1980. (38 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-435 The Effects of Neutron and Gamma Radiation Fields on the Electrical Breakdown Properties of Liquid and Gaseous Helium in Fusion Reactor Superconducting Magnet Systems; L.J. Perkins, September 1983. (64 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-452 On the Philosophy of the Self-Perturbation of a Generalized Neutron Detector in Neutron Spectrometry Applications; L.J. Perkins, March 1983. (22 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-453 Monte Carlo Studies of Charge-Exchange First Wall Heat Fluxes from the TDF Neutral Beams; L. John Perkins, June 1983. (24 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-469 Radiation Dose Rate Resistivity Degradation in Ceramic Insulators and Assessment of the Consequences in Fusion Reactor Applications; L.J. Perkins, April 1982. (45 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-513 Economic Design Optimization of the LiPb Blanket for the Mirror Advanced Reactor (MARS); L.J. Perkins and G.L. Kulcinski, May 1983 [Nucl. Tech./Fusion 4 (1983) 1107]. (9 pages, 811 kB)
UWFDM-514 Engineering Design of the Quasi-Optical ECRH Injection System for the Mirror Advanced Reactor (MARS); L.J. Perkins, S.A. Freije, and W.S. Neef, May 1983 [presented at the Fifth ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 26-28 April 1983, Knoxville, TN]. (9 pages, 866 kB) [more]
UWFDM-548 Materials Considerations for Highly Irradiated Normal-Conducting Magnets in Fusion Reactor Applications; L. John Perkins, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (8 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-1265 Fusion Engineering and Plasma Science Conditions of Spherical Torus Component Test Facility; Y-K.M. Peng, C.A. Neumeyer, P.J. Fogarty, C. Kessel, D.J. Strickler, P. Rutherford, D. Mikkelsen, T.W. Burgess, S. Sabbagh, J. Menard, D. Gates, R. Bell, O. Mitarai, J. Schmidt, E. Synakowski, J. Tsai, L. Grisham, B.E. Nelson, E.T. Cheng, L.A. El-Guebaly, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 370-383]. (16 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-287 Dynamics of Newtonian Annular Jets; D.D. Paul, January 1979 [M.S. thesis]. (72 pages, 15 MB)
UWFDM-321 A Study of the Tritium Handling Systems in Magnetic and Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors With and Without Tritium Breeding; M.S. Ortman, E.M. Larsen, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, February 1980. (47 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-449 Studies on Tritium Breeders for Fusion Reactors: I. The Preparation, Characterization and Melting Point of Lithium Oxide, II. The Preparation and Melting Point of Octalithium Zirconate; M.S. Ortman and E.M. Larsen, August 1982 (revised March 1983). (47 pages, 2.0 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-1081 Time-Dependent Radiation Transport in Hohlraums Using Integral Transport Methods; K.R. Olson and D.L. Henderson, June 1998 [Presented at the 13th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 7-11, 1998, Nashville TN]. (7 pages, 756 kB)
UWFDM-1117 Neutral Particle Integral Transport in Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems Using Time Dependent Integral Transport Methods; K.R. Olson, December 1999 [Ph.D. thesis]. (268 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-1266 Development Path for Z-Pinch IFE; C. Olson, G. Rochau, S. Slutz, C. Morrow, R. Olson, M. Cuneo, D. Hanson, G. Bennett, T. Sanford, J. Bailey, W. Stygar, R. Vesey, T. Mehlhorn, K. Struve, M. Mazarakis, M. Savage, T. Pointon, M. Kiefer, S. Rosenthal, K. Cochrane, L. Schneider, S. Glover, K. Reed, D. Schroen, C. Farnum, M. Modesto, D. Oscar, L. Chhabildas, J. Boyes, V. Vigil, R. Keith, M. Turgeon, B. Cipiti, E. Lindgren, V. Dandini, H. Tran, D. Smith, D. McDaniel, J. Quintenz, M.K. Matzen, J.P. VanDevender, W. Gauster, L. Shephard, M. Walck, T. Renk, T. Tanaka, M. Ulrickson, W. Meier, J. Latkowski, R. Moir, R. Schmitt, S. Reyes, R. Abbott, R. Peterson, G. Pollock, P. Ottinger, J. Schumer, P. Peterson, D. Kammer, G. Kulcinski, L. El-Guebaly, G. Moses, I. Sviatoslavsky, M. Sawan, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, J. Oakley, P. Meekunnasombat, J. De Groot, N. Jensen, M. Abdou, A. Ying, P. Calderoni, N. Morley, S. Abdel-Khalik, C. Dillon, C. Lascar, D. Sadowski, R. Curry, K. McDonald, M. Barkey, W. Szaroletta, R. Gallix, N. Alexander, W. Rickman, C. Charman, H. Shatoff, D. Welch, D. Rose, P. Panchuk, D. Louie, S. Dean, A. Kim, S. Nedoseev, E. Grabovsky, A. Kingsep, V. Smirnov, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 633-640]. (11 pages, 966 kB) [more]
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-1116 An Investigation of Shock-Cylinder Interaction; J.G. Oakley, B.P. Puranik, M.H. Anderson, R.R. Peterson, R. Bonazza, R.P. Weaver, M.L. Gittings, July 1999 [prepared for the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Imperial College, London, UK, July 18-23, 1999]. (8 pages, 538 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1160 Shock Loading of a Cylinder Bank with Imaging and Pressure Measurements; Jason G. Oakley, Mark H. Anderson, Shaoping Wang, Riccardo Bonazza, July 2001 [presented at the 23rd International Symposium on Shock Waves, Fort Worth TX, 22-27 July 2001]. (10 pages, 641 kB)
UWFDM-1319 Shock Mitigation Studies in Voided Liquids for Fusion Chamber Protection; J. Oakley, M. Anderson, E. Marriott, J. Gudmundson, K. Sridharan, V. Vigil, G. Rochau, R. Bonazza, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 577 kB) [more]
UWFDM-476 Bubble Screen Shielding of Water Pressure Waves Emitted by a Harmonically Pulsating Vessel; K.J. O'Brien and G.A. Moses, July 1982. (54 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-512 Neutron Activation and Shielding of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; K.J. O'Brien, G.A. Moses, and A.M. White, May 1983 [presented at the Fifth ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 26-28 April 1983, Knoxville, TN; Nucl. Tech./Fusion 4, 883 (1983)]. (8 pages, 723 kB)
UWFDM-601 Modification of Transverse Invariants; K.J. O'Brien and G.A. Moses, October 1984. (55 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-638 Stochastic Effects in Nonaxisymmetric Charged Particle Beams; K.J. O'Brien, March 1985 [Presented at International Conference on Stochasticity and Turbulence in Plasmas, Santa Barbara, CA, 26-29 March 1985]. (40 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-650 The Adiabatic Theory of the Linear Hose Instability of a Relativistic Electron Beam Propagating in Resistive Plasma; K.J. O'Brien, September 1985 [Ph.D. thesis]. (256 pages, 8.0 MB)
UWFDM-394 An Experimental Investigation of the Convective Heat Transfer Characteristics of Particle-Bed Type Fusion Blankets; R.E. Nietert and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, October 1980 [presented at the 4th ANS Topical Meeting, King of Prussia, PA, Oct. 1980]. (11 pages, 912 kB)
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-1334 A Computational Parameter Study for Three-Dimensional Shock-Bubble Interactions; John Niederhaus, September 2007 [Ph.D. thesis]. (283 pages, 7.7 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-971 Preparation of Kilogram Quantities of the 83 a/o Lead - 17 a/o Lithium Eutectic Alloy; L.S. Nelson, J.D. Krueger, M.L. Corradini, June 1995. (63 pages, 38 MB)
UWFDM-1027 Formation of 10-20 mm Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon; L.S. Nelson, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, June 1996. (18 pages, 21 MB)