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-562 Blanket and Shielding Considerations for Advanced Tokamak Reactor Concepts; B. Badger, H. Attaya, L. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.H. Huang, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, December 1983. (81 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-563 The Effects of Implanted Hydrogen and Helium on Cavity Formation in Self-Ion Irrdiated Nickel; Daniel Bernard Bullen, May 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (216 pages, 21 MB)
UWFDM-564 A Variational Calculation of the Trapping Current in a Thermal Barrier; X.Z. Li, January 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (89 pages, 2.5 MB)
UWFDM-565 Vapor Condensation in the Presence of a Noncondensable Gas; Lichung Pong and G.A. Moses, July 1984 (revised January 1985) [published in Physics of Fluids 29 (6) 1796-1804 (June 1986)]. (37 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-566 A Kinetic Model for Divertors and Pumped Limiters; A.W. Bailey and G.A. Emmert, February 1984 (revised August 1984) [submitted to Nuclear Fusion]. (57 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-567 RAPTOR: A Computer Code to Calculate the Transport of Activation Products in Fusion Reactors; A.C. Klein and W.F. Vogelsang, February 1984. (58 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-568 Preliminary Conceptual Design of SIRIUS, A Symmetric Illumination, Direct Drive Laser Fusion Reactor; B. Badger, H.M. Attaya, T.J. Bartel, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.M. Goldman, L.D. Lund, R.L. McCrory, S. Skupsky, R.E. Hopkins, K. Walsh, March 1984. (135 pages, 5.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-569 Radiation Damage from Heavy Ion Bombardment in High Purity Aluminum; Stephen Keith McLaurin, December 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (203 pages, 7.8 MB)
UWFDM-570 Three-Dimensional Neutronics and Photonics Analysis for PBFA-II; M.E. Sawan, February 1984. (27 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-571 Collisional Effects on Coherent Nonlinear Wave Particle Interactions for Second Harmonic Electron Cyclotron Heating; M.D. Carter, J.D. Callen, D.B. Batchelor and R.C. Goldfinger, March 1984. (22 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-572 Target Material Activation Calculations for High Gain Light Ion Fusion Targets; D.L. Henderson, A.M. White and G.A. Moses, April 1984 (revised May 1987). (25 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-573 Polonium Production in the MARS Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, A.M. White, L. Wittenberg and D.K. Sze, April 1984. (12 pages, 662 kB)
UWFDM-574 The Discrete Cones Method in Two-Dimensional Neutron Transport Computation; Y. Watanabe and C.W. Maynard, May 1984. (77 pages, 2.4 MB)
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-576 Correlation of Experimental and Theoretical Results for Vaporization by Simulated Disruption; C.D. Croessmann, G.L. Kulcinski and J.B. Whitley, May 1984 [J. Nucl. Materials 128 & 129, 816 (1984)]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-577 A Pressure-Gradient-Driven Tokamak ``Resistive MHD'' Instability in the Banana-Plateau Collisionality Regime; J.D. Callen and K.C. Shaing, August 1984 (revised November 1984) [Physics of Fluids 28, 1845 (1985)]. (55 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-578 A Literature Review of Radiation Damage Data for Copper and Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle and R.W. Knoll, May 1984. (99 pages, 4.3 MB)
UWFDM-579 Material Considerations for ICRH Ceramic-Filled Waveguide Launchers; Laila A. El-Guebaly, June 1984. (42 pages, 1.7 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-581 Comparison of Thermal and Irradiated Behavior of High-Strength, High Conductivity Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1984 [presented at 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984]. (36 pages, 5.2 MB)
UWFDM-582 Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Injected Interstitials on Void Formation; B. Badger, Jr., D.L. Plumton, S.J. Zinkle, R.L. Sindelar, G.L. Kulcinski, R.A. Dodd and W.G. Wolfer, June 1984 [presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984; to be published in ASTM (1984)]. (38 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-583 A Comparison of Depth-Dependent Microstructures of Ion-Irradiated 316-Type Stainless Steels; R.L. Sindelar, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1984 [presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984]. (26 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-584 Z-PINCH - A Multifrequency Radiative Transfer Magnetohydrodynamics Computer Code; John J. Watrous, Gregory A. Moses and Robert R. Peterson, June 1984 (revised June 1985). (133 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-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-587 Ballooning Instabilities on a Magnetic Separatrix; W.X. Qu and J.D. Callen, September 1984. (25 pages, 881 kB)
UWFDM-588 Suppression of Void Nucleation by Injected Interstitials During Heavy Ion Bombardment; D.L. Plumton and W.G. Wolfer, August 1984 [J. Nucl. Mat. 120, 245-253 (1984)]. (33 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-589 Three Graphics Routines Available on the MFE Cray Computers; B.B. Glasgow, August 1984. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-590 Vacancy Cluster Evolution in Metals Under Irradiation; M.F. Wehner and W.G. Wolfer, August 1984 (revised January 1985). (40 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-591 Neutron Measurements for Biomedical and Fusion Technology Applications; H.H. Barschall, August 1984 [Prepared for Conference on Neutron Nucleus Collisions - A Probe of Nuclear Structure, Burr Oak State Park, Glouster, OH, 5-8 September 1984 (AIP Conference Proc. 124 (1985) 286)]. (14 pages, 972 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-593 Target Diagnostics Package for the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan and E.G. Lovell, September 1984. (39 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-594 Fatigue Stress Analysis of the Sandia TDF Reaction Chamber; R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell and G.A. Moses, September 1984. (32 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-595 The DCN-SN Hybrid Method for Two-Dimensional Neutron Transport Computation in R-Z Geometry; Yoichi Watanabe and Charles W. Maynard, October 1984. (156 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-596 Radiation Environment in MARS End Cells; Laila A. El-Guebaly, October 1984. (44 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-597 A User's Guide to TRAK: A Customizable Particle Following Code; J.W. Johnson, October 1984. (33 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-598 Halo Plasma Physics Model for Mirror Machines with Neutral Beam Injection; John F. Santarius, January 1985 (revised March 1986) [Nuclear Fusion 26, 887 (1986)]. (36 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-599 The Discrete Cones Method for Two-Dimensional Neutron Transport Computation in General Media; Yoichi Watanabe and Charles W. Maynard, October 1984. (50 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-600 TASKA-M, A Low Cost, Near Term Tandem Mirror Device for Fusion Technology Testing; B. Badger, F. Arendt, E. Borie, M.L. Corradini, H.G. Dittrich, L. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, T. Fett, J.M. Grover, B. Haferkamp, W. Heinz, E. Hoelzchen, K. Kleefeldt, R. Klingelhoefer, P. Komarek, G.L. Kulcinski, M. Kuntze, E.M. Larsen, H.G. Leiste, G.W. Leppelmeier, W. Link, S. Malang, B.M. Manes, W. Maurer, C.W. Maynard, I. Michael, R.A. Mueller, G. Neffe, E.K. Opperman, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K.E. Plute, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, J.E. Scharer, K. Schramm, A. Suppan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, S. Taczanowski, M.A. Vogel, W.F. Vogelsang, D. Weinberg, and L.J. Wittenberg, December 1983 [also KfK-3660 and FPA-83-7]. (598 pages, 22 MB) [more]
UWFDM-601 Modification of Transverse Invariants; K.J. O'Brien and G.A. Moses, October 1984. (55 pages, 2.7 MB)