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-1290 Implicit Monte Carlo Method for Nonlinear Radiation Transport; J. Yuan, G.A. Moses, February 2006. (33 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-831 Implications of Non-LTE Buffer Gas Effects on ICF Target Chamber Design; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, and G.A. Moses, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL; Fusion Tech. 19 (1990) 703]. (9 pages, 609 kB)
UWFDM-309 Implementation Considerations of Coupling Dedicated Fissile and Fusile Production Fusion and Fission Reactors; M. Ragheb, August 1979. (50 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-1246 Implantation of D and He in W-Coated Refractory Carbides; R.F. Radel, B.B. Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1250-1254]. (7 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-1176 Impact of Tritium Removal and He-3 Recycling on Structure Damage Parameters in a D-D Fusion System; M.E. Sawan, S.J. Zinkle, J. Sheffield, 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. 61-62, pp. 561-567 (2002)]. (15 pages, 216 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1001 Impact of Lunar Volatiles Produced During 3He Mining Activities; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, January 1996 [Presented at the 34th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, NV, 15-18 January 1996]. (12 pages, 290 kB)
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-1400 Impact of FENDL-2.1 Updates on Nuclear Analysis of ITER and Other Fusion Systems; M.E. Sawan and T.D. Bohm, August 2011 [published in Journal of the Korean Physical Society, Vol. 59, No. 2, August 2011, pp. 1158-1161].
UWFDM-1346 Impact of ENDF/B-VII.0 Release on Fusion Evaluated Nuclear Data Library FENDL-2.1; M.E. Sawan, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA].
UWFDM-1225 Impact of CaO Coating on Breeding Potential of ARIES-RS Li/V Blanket System; L. El-Guebaly and the ARIES Team, April 2004. (12 pages, 900 kB)
UWFDM-214 Imaging Properties of Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors; J. Howard, June 1977. (46 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-740 Ignition in Near Term D-3He Tokamak Reactors; G.A. Emmert and B.Q. Deng, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (6 pages, 617 kB)
UWFDM-1399 ITER Neutronics Modeling Using Hybrid Monte Carlo Deterministic and CAD-Based Monte Carlo Methods; A.M. Ibrahim, S.W. Mosher, T.M. Evans, D.E. Peplow, M.E. Sawan, P.P.H. Wilson, J.C. Wagner, T. Heltemes, July 2011 [published in Nuclear Technology Vol. 175 (July 2011) 251--258]. [more]
UWFDM-1020 ITER Limiter First Wall 3-D Thermo-Mechanical Analysis; E.A. Mogahed and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, May 1996 [Presented at the 12th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Power, 16-20 June 1996, Reno NV]. (7 pages, 727 kB)
UWFDM-235 IRF Fueling of Tandem Mirror End Plugs; J. Kesner, March 1978. (20 pages, 981 kB)
UWFDM-750 IONMIX - A Code for Computing the Equation of State and Radiative Properties of LTE and Non-LTE Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, December 1987 [Comp. Phys. Commun. 56 (1989) 259]. (52 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-712 ION - A Code to Compute Ion Trajectories in Z-Pinch Plasma Channels; G.A. Moses, June 1986. (45 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-278 ICRF Heating of Tokamaks; D.T. Blackfield, January 1979. (169 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-580 ICF Reactor Target Chamber Issues for the Los Alamos National Laboratory FIRST STEP Reactor Concept; Robert R. Peterson and Tim J. Bartel, June 1984. (36 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-1365 Hyperelastic Models for Granular Materials; Paul W. Humrickhouse, January 2009 [Ph.D. thesis]. (161 pages, 3.8 MB)
UWFDM-585 Hydrostatic Instability of Target Development Facility Reaction Chamber; E.G. Lovell, R.L. Engelstad and G.A. Moses, June 1984. (20 pages, 912 kB)
UWFDM-316 Hybrids for Direct Enrichment and Self-Protected Fissile Fuel Production; R.W. Conn, F. Kantrowitz, and W.F. Vogelsang, October 1979. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-102 Higher Order Variational Principles and Padé Approximants for Linear Functionals; R.W. Conn, May 1973. (12 pages, 677 kB)
UWFDM-402 Higher Order Sensitivity Theory and Nonlinear Optimization in Fusion Neutronics Studies; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, January 1981. (63 pages, 2.0 MB)
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-592 High Wall Loading Compact Tokamak Power Reactor - A Scoping Study, Progress Report for the Period 1 December 1983 - 30 September 1984; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, M. El-Afify, H. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, K.Y. Huh, G.L. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1984. (192 pages, 6.3 MB)
UWFDM-1352 High Temperature Surface Effects of He+ Implantation in ICF Fusion First Wall Materials; S.J. Zenobia, R.F. Radel, B.B. Cipiti, G.L. Kulcinski, March 2008 [presented at TMS 2008; accepted for publication in Journal of Nuclear Materials].
UWFDM-736 High Performance Inboard Shield Design for the Compact TIBER-II Test Reactor; L.A. El-Guebaly, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; published in Proc. IEEE]. (7 pages, 862 kB)
UWFDM-1164 High Performance Computation and Database of Radiative Properties with an Interface for ICF Applications; Jiankui Yuan, December 2001 [Ph.D. thesis]. (189 pages, 7.9 MB)
UWFDM-1167 High Performance Blanket for ARIES-AT Power Plant; A.R. Raffray, L. El-Guebaly, S. Gordeev, S. Malang, E. Mogahed, F. Najmabadi, I. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, M.S. Tillack, X. Wang, ARIES Team, February 2001 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 58-59, 549-553 (2001)]. [more]
UWFDM-396 High Gain Target Spectra and Energy Partitioning for Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design Studies; G. Moses, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, and W. Vogelsang, November 1980 [Bull Amer. Phys. Soc. 25, 1013 (1980)]. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1258 High Energy Density Simulations for Inertial Fusion Energy Reactor Design; G.A. Moses and J.F. Santarius, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1121-1125]. (8 pages, 957 kB)
UWFDM-738 High Aspect Ratio D-3He Reactors; B.Q. Deng and G.A. Emmert, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 692 kB)
UWFDM-604 Heterogeneous Void Formation in 14 MeV Nickel-Ion-Irradiated 316 SS; R.L. Sindelar, G.L. Kulcinski and R.A. Dodd, November 1984 [presented at the First International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, Tokyo, Japan, 3-6 December 1984]. (22 pages, 4.0 MB)
UWFDM-1103 Helium-3 on the Moon for Fusion Energy: the Persian Gulf of the 21st Century; L.A. Taylor and G.L. Kulcinski, May 1999 [published in Solar System Research, Vol. 33, No. 5, 1999, pp. 338-345]. [more]
UWFDM-742 Helium-3 Fueling Concepts for Magnetically Confined Fusion; L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (6 pages, 707 kB)
UWFDM-796 Helium Transport in Flat Vented Divertors and Limiters; H.H. Abou-gabal and G.A. Emmert, July 1989. (49 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-556 Helium Equation of State for Small Cavities: Recent Developments; W.G. Wolfer, B.B. Glasgow, M.F. Wehner, and H. Trinkaus, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (9 pages, 710 kB) [more]
UWFDM-451 Helium Bubble Formation in Cu, Ni and Cu-Ni Alloys; S.J. Zinkle, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, and K. Farrell, October 1982 [presented at the TMS-AIME Symposium, ``Radiation Damage Analysis for Fusion Reactors,'' St. Louis, MO, 24-28 October 1982]. (18 pages, 2.0 MB) [more]
UWFDM-430 Helium Bubble Formation and Swelling in Metals; B.B. Glasgow, A. Si-Ahmed, W.G. Wolfer, and F.A. Garner, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 981-986 (1981)]. (10 pages, 805 kB) [more]