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-642 Effects of Thermal Annealing and Ion Irradiation on the Properties and Microstructures of Copper Alloys; Steven John Zinkle, May 1985 [Ph.D. thesis]. (271 pages, 11 MB)
UWFDM-643 The Cross-Section Techniques for Preparing TEM Specimens of Heavy Ion Irradiated HT-9 Ferritic Steel; J.J. Kai, August 1985. (20 pages, 3.5 MB)
UWFDM-644 A Monte Carlo Simulation Method for Systems With a Degraded State; Yoichi Watanabe, September 1986. (90 pages, 2.6 MB)
UWFDM-645 Void Nucleation and Phase Stability in Heavy Ion Irradiated Materials; D.L. Plumton, August 1985 [Ph.D. thesis]. (304 pages, 26 MB)
UWFDM-646 Availability Analysis of Fusion Reactor Plants with Degraded States; Y. Watanabe, August 1985. (53 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-647 Neutral Transport Calculations for Tandem Mirror Halo Plasmas; B.Q. Deng and G.A. Emmert, September 1985. (22 pages, 847 kB)
UWFDM-648 Two Energy Group Model for Neutral Transport in Homogeneous Halo Plasma; G.A. Emmert and B.Q. Deng, September 1985. (15 pages, 665 kB)
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-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-651 SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric-Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, S. Skupsky, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, C. Verdon, A.J. Schmitt, R.H. Lehmberg, J.H. Gardner, S.E. Bodner, September 30, 1985. (164 pages, 5.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-652 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period October 1, 1984 to September 30, 1985; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and J.J. Watrous, September 30, 1985. (113 pages, 3.7 MB)
UWFDM-653 Failure/Maintenance Data Base for the Tritium Systems Test Assembly; Kathleen M. Gruetzmacher, December 1985. (180 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-654 Gas Condensation Phenomena in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reaction Chambers; Robert R. Peterson, October 1985. (15 pages, 995 kB)
UWFDM-655 Dynamic Response of Target Development Facility Spherical Chambers; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1985. (16 pages, 787 kB)
UWFDM-656 Parametric Lifetime Analysis of Cylindrical Chambers for the Target Development Facility; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1985. (17 pages, 845 kB)
UWFDM-657 PROPA Version 1.6 - A Probabilistic Performance Analysis Program for Availability Simulation of 3-State Systems; Yoichi Watanabe, November 1985. (48 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-658 Symbolic Manipulation of Structure Functions in Availability Analysis; Yoichi Watanabe, November 1985. (45 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-659 The Fusion Engineering Data Base; Z. Musicki, C.W. Maynard, Y. Watanabe, A. Bennethum, and K. Gruetzmacher, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 835 kB)
UWFDM-660 MINIMARS Halo Model and Computer Code; W.L. Barr, L.J. Perkins, J.F. Santarius, B.Q. Deng and G.A. Emmert, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 714 kB) [more]
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-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-663 Computer Code AVSYS for Calculation of Fusion Plant Availability; Z. Musicki and C.W. Maynard, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 711 kB)
UWFDM-664 Preconceptual Design of the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.J. Watrous, R.E. Olson and D.L. Cook, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 743 kB) [more]
UWFDM-665 Lifetime Analysis of the TDF Reaction Chamber; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 696 kB)
UWFDM-666 Plasma Channels for Light Ion Beam Propagation in the Target Development Facility; Robert R. Peterson, Gregory A. Moses, John J. Watrous, R.E. Olson, November 1985 [Presented at 11th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, November 18-22, 1985, Austin, TX]. (7 pages, 677 kB) [more]
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-668 Time Dependent Studies of a Tandem Mirror with Thermal Barriers; E. Montalvo and G.A. Emmert, November 1985 [to be published in Nuclear Fusion]. (70 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-669 Preparation of Ion-Irradiated Foils for Cross-Section Analysis; S.J. Zinkle and R.L. Sindelar, December 1985. (29 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-670 CONRAD - A Combined Hydrodynamics-Condensation/Vaporization Computer Code; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, January 1986 (revised July 1988). (139 pages, 5.0 MB)
UWFDM-671 DKR-1100: A Univac 1100 Version of the DKR Radioactivity Code; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (96 pages, 4.3 MB)
UWFDM-672 DKRDOSE and DKRCONVERT: A Dose Rate Calculation Code and an Auxiliary Data Handling Code for the DKR and DKR-1100 Radioactivity Codes; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (46 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-673 FUSEDATA - A Fusion Systems Data Base; A. Bennethum, Y. Watanabe, C. Maynard, K. Gruetzmacher, Z. Musicki, July 1986. (87 pages, 2.7 MB)
UWFDM-674 The Thermal Response of Structural Materials to Intense Energy Deposition; Dennis Croessmann, February 1986 [Ph.D. thesis]. (232 pages, 18 MB)
UWFDM-675 Very High Efficiency Fusion Reactor Concept; John F. Santarius, February 1986 (revised October 1986) [Nucl. Fusion 27 (1987) 167]. (17 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-676 Lunar Source of He-3 for Commercial Fusion Power; L.J. Wittenberg, J.F. Santarius and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1986 [published in Fusion Technology 10, 167 (1986)]. (37 pages, 1.6 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-678 Unfavorable Responses of Burning Plasma to a Perturbation of Fueling Rate; Yoichi Watanabe, April 1986. (18 pages, 884 kB)
UWFDM-679 Numerical Simulation of a Stratified Gas ICF Cavity; Tim Bartel, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, April 1986. (94 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-680 Gas Effects on Void Formation in 14 MeV Nickel Ion Irradiated Pure Nickel; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (19 pages, 976 kB)
UWFDM-681 The Effect of Oxygen on Void Stability in Nickel and Austenitic Steel; L.E. Seitzman, L.M. Wang, 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]. (21 pages, 1.2 MB)