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-176 On the Stability of the Flow of Thin Liquid Lithium Films; J.E. Howard, October 1976. (25 pages, 960 kB)
UWFDM-177 The University of Wisconsin Contribution to the BCC Ion Correlation Experiment on Molybdenum; H.V. Smith, Jr., K.Y. Liou, G.L. Kulcinski, and P. Wilkes, October 1976. (28 pages, 5.2 MB)
UWFDM-179 Swelling of Metals Under Pulsed Irradiation; N. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1976. (10 pages, 850 kB) [more]
UWFDM-180 Fully Dynamic Rate Theory (FDRT) Simulation of Radiation Induced Swelling of Metals; N. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1976. (58 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-181 TRANSWELL (Version I) Computer Code Documentation; N. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1976. (121 pages, 3.8 MB) [more]
UWFDM-183 Neutronic and Photonic Analysis of UWMAK-III Blanket and Shield in Noncircular Toroidal Geometry; Y. Gohar, C.W. Maynard, and E.T. Cheng, October 1976. (16 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-184 A Systematic Approach to the Radiation Damage Problem in Fission and Fusion Structural Alloys; R. Bullough, B.L. Eyre, and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1976. (30 pages, 1.7 MB) [more]
UWFDM-170 DKR Radioactivity Calculation Code for Fusion Reactors; T.Y. Sung and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1976. (72 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-171 Decay Chain Data Library for Radioactivity Calculations; T.Y. Sung and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1976. (31 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-173 TETR - A Tokamak Engineering Test Reactor to Qualify Materials and Blanket Components for Early DT Fusion Power Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, R.W. Conn, C.W. Maynard, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, D. Blackfield, R.W. Boom, E. Cheng, J.R. Conrad, S. Dalhed, G.A. Emmert, B. Feinberg, Y. Gohar, S. Hong, J. Kesner, E. Larsen, R. Nygren, K. Okula, E. Ramer, J. Scharer, D. Schluderberg, T. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, P. Wilkes, W.R. Wilkes, L. Wittenberg, J. Wrazel, T. Wu, T. Yang, and W.C. Young, September 1976. (23 pages, 2.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-174 MHD Equilibria for Plasmas in a Tokamak Engineering Test Reactor (TETR); T.F. Yang, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Emmert, September 1976. (14 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-175 What is Past is Prologue: Future Directions in Tokamak Power Reactor Design Research; R.W. Conn, September 1976 [ANS Topical Meeting Paper]. (19 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-178 Radioactivity and Associated Problems in Thermonuclear Reactors; W.F. Vogelsang, September 1976. (19 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-185 Gravity Circulated Solid Blanket Design for a Tokamak Fusion Reactor; D.K. Sze, D.C. Schluderberg, and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, September 1976. (14 pages, 973 kB) [more]
UWFDM-186 Materials Problems and Possible Solutions for Near Term Tokamak Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, September 1976. (38 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-172 Uniformity of Illumination of Spherical Laser Fusion Targets; J.E. Howard, August 20, 1976. (49 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-168 A High Performance, Noncircular Tokamak Power Reactor Design Study - UWMAK-III; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, R. Aronstein, R.W. Boom, A. Bowles, R.G. Clemmer, J. Davis, G.A. Emmert, S. Ghose, Y. Gohar, J. Kesner, S. Kuo, E. Larsen, J. Scharer, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, T.F. Yang, and W. Young, August 1976 [Published in the Proceedings of the Sixth IAEA Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research, Berchtesgaden, Federal Republic of Germany, 6-13 October 1976]. (25 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]
UWFDM-164 The Design of a Noncircular Plasma for the Argonne Tokamak Experimental Power Reactor; T.F. Yang and R.W. Conn, July 1976. (19 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-167 Neutrons and Fusion; C.W. Maynard, July 1976 [to be published in Proceedings of the International Conference on the Interactions of Neutrons with Nuclei, Lowell, 6-9 July 1976]. (19 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-160 PHD (Version I) Computer Code Documentation; G.A. Moses, June 28, 1976. (135 pages, 7.8 MB)
UWFDM-159 A Novel Method for Studying Damage Rate Effects in Ion Bombarded Nickel; J.B. Whitley, P. Wilkes, and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1976. (25 pages, 6.2 MB)
UWFDM-161 Survey of Irradiation Data on Molybdenum; R.E. Schmunk and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1976. (82 pages, 3.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-162 Growth Rates and Transport Coefficients for the Trapped Ion/Collisionless Trapped Particle Instability; W.A. Houlberg, June 1976. (37 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-163 Drift Surfaces in Linear and Axisymmetric Magnetic Fields; J.E. Howard, June 1976. (25 pages, 971 kB)
UWFDM-165 Transition and Recovery of Cryogenically Stable Conductors in Fusion Reactor Magnets; M.A. Hilal and R.W. Boom, June 1976 [presented at 9th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany, 14-18 June 1976]. (9 pages, 761 kB)
UWFDM-166 The UWMAK-II Study and Magnet Design; R.W. Boom, R.W. Conn, and W.C. Young, June 1976 [presented at 9th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany, 14-18 June 1976]. (10 pages, 881 kB)
UWFDM-169 The Influence of Design Variations on CTR Blanket Neutronic Performance Using Variational Techniques; E. Cheng and R.W. Conn, June 1976 [accepted for publication in Nuclear Science and Engineering]. (53 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-156 An Advanced Conceptual Tokamak Fusion Power Reactor Utilizing Closed Cycle Helium Gas Turbines; R.W. Conn and S.C. Kuo, March 1976 [to be published in Nuclear Engineering and Design]. (73 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-157 Tritium Handling, Breeding, and Containment in Two Conceptual Fusion Reactor Designs: UWMAK-II and UWMAK-III; R.G. Clemmer, E.M. Larsen, and L.J. Wittenberg, March 1976 [to be published in Nuclear Engineering and Design]. (36 pages, 1.8 MB) [more]
UWFDM-158 Magnet Design of Toroidal Field Coils for the UWMAK-Tokamak Systems; R.W. Boom, R.W. Moses, Jr., and W.C. Young, March 1976 [to be published in Nuclear Engineering and Design]. (52 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-153 Plasma Modeling and First Wall Interaction Phenomena in Tokamaks; R.W. Conn and J. Kesner, February 1976 [published in Journal of Nuclear Materials 63 (1976) 1-14]. (25 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-187 Neutronics Studies of the Gas-Carried Li2O Cooling/Breeding Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; E.T. Cheng, T.Y. Sung, and D.K. Sze, February 1976. (24 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-148 Study of RF and Neutral Beam Heating of Large Tokamaks; J.E. Scharer, R.W. Conn, and D.T. Blackfield, December 1975. (69 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-150 UWMAK-III, A High Performance, Noncircular Tokamak Power Reactor Design; B. Badger, R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, R. Aronstein, H.I. Avci, D. Blackfield, R.W. Boom, A. Bowles, E. Cameron, E.T. Cheng, R. Clemmer, S. Dalhed, J. Davis, G.A. Emmert, N.M. Ghoniem, S. Ghose, Y. Gohar, J. Kesner, S. Kuo, E. Larsen, E. Ramer, J. Scharer, D. Schluderberg, R.E. Schmunk, T.Y. Sung, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W.F. Vogelsang, T.F. Yang, and W. Young, December 1975. (807 pages, 55 MB) [more]
UWFDM-155 Space Dependent Effects on the Lawson Criterion, the Ignition Condition, and Thermal Equilibria in Tokamaks; R.W. Conn and Jay Kesner, December 1975 [to be published in Nuclear Fusion]. (37 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-143 Analytic Expressions for Magnetic Forces on Sectored Toroidal Coils; R.W. Moses, Jr. and W.C. Young, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 828 kB)
UWFDM-144 Cryogenically Stable Conductors for Toroidal Fusion Reactor Magnets; M.A. Hilal and R.W. Boom, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 775 kB)
UWFDM-145 Superconductive Energy Storage for Tokamak Fusion Reactors; J.W. Lue, H.A. Peterson, and R.W. Boom, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 819 kB)
UWFDM-146 Apparent Difficulties Associated With High Magnetic Field Large Tokamak Power Reactor Designs; R.W. Boom, R.W. Conn, and J.W. Lue, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 776 kB)
UWFDM-147 Reliability of Pool Cooling for Tokamak Fusion Reactor Magnets; R.L. Willig and M.A. Hilal, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 756 kB)