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-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-830 Apollo-L3, An Advanced Fuel Fusion Power Reactor Utilizing Direct and Thermal Energy Conversion; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, C.W. Maynard, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL; Fusion Technology 19 (1991) 791]. (13 pages, 753 kB)
UWFDM-810 Apollo-L2, An Advanced Fuel Tokamak Reactor Utilizing Direct Conversion; G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, R.J. Witt, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN; published in IEEE 89CH2820-9 (1990) 1043]. (6 pages, 489 kB)
UWFDM-780 Apollo - An Advanced Fuel Fusion Power Reactor for the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, J.P. Blanchard, L. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, R.J. Witt, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; published in Fusion Technology 15 (1989) 1233]. (14 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-22 Analytical Approximation to the Fusion Cross Section; D.G. McAlees, July 1972. (7 pages, 525 kB)
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-1268 Analysis of an Improved Fusion Reaction Rate Model for Use in Fusion Plasma Simulations; T.A. Heltemes, G.A. Moses, J.F. Santarius, April 2005. (14 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-121 Analysis of alpha-Particle Loss Due to Toroidal Field Ripple and Determination of the Number of TF Coils; T.F. Yang and G.A. Emmert, May 1975. (15 pages, 752 kB)
UWFDM-1011 Analysis of X-Ray Spectra Obtained in Foam Z-Pinch Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, T.J. Nash, M.S. Derzon, G.A. Allshouse, C. Deeney, May 1996 [Presented at the 11th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, CA, 12-16 May 1996; to be published in Review of Scientific Instruments]. (15 pages, 268 kB) [more]
UWFDM-776 Analysis of Physical Processes in ICF Target Chambers: Application to the Laboratory Microfusion Facility; J.J. MacFarlane, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; Fusion Tech. 15, 557]. (9 pages, 848 kB)
UWFDM-1343 Analysis of Mesh-Based Neutron Source Models for Better Coupling of Plasma Physics and Neutronics; R.N. Slaybaugh, P.P.H. Wilson, L.A. El-Guebaly, E.P. Marriott, January 2009 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 84, Issues 7-11 (June 2009) 1774-1778]. (17 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-1138 Analysis of Liquid Cryogen-Water Experiments with the MELCOR Code; R.C. Duckworth, J.G. Murphy, T.T. Utschig, M.L. Corradini, B.J. Merrill, R.L. Moore, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 136 kB) [more]
UWFDM-906 Analysis of K-alpha\ Line Emission from Aluminum Plasmas Created by Intense Proton Beams; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, J. Bailey, T.A. Mehlhorn, R.J. Dukart, R.C. Mancini, September 1992 (revised November 1992) [Phys. Rev. E (1993)]. (39 pages, 976 kB) [more]
UWFDM-540 Analysis of Forces on Ferromagnetic Components Used in Magnetic Fusion Reactors; H. Attaya, G.L. Kulcinski and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983] [J. Nucl. Matls. 122&123 (1984) 961]. (8 pages, 689 kB)
UWFDM-1161 Analysis of Experimental Behavior of Molten SnxLiy When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water; P. Meekunnasombat, M.H. Anderson, M.L. Corradini, December 2001. (83 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-1302 Analysis of Engineering Issues Facing the In-Zinerator Z-Pinch Fusion Device Using MCNP; R. Grady, P. Phruksarojanakun, P.P.H. Wilson, L.A. El-Guebaly, B. Cipiti, August 2007. (20 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-719 Analysis of Cavity Conditions in Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, February 1987. (41 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-1351 Analysis of Carbon-Bearing Materials for Use as First Wall Armor in the HAPL Chamber; T.A. Heltemes and G.A. Moses, September 2008 [presented at the 18th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 28 September-2 October 2008, San Francisco CA].
UWFDM-478 Analysis and Design of ICF Target Development Facility First Wall Reinforcing Structures; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, July 1982. (35 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-819 An Overview of Target Chamber Design and Analysis for the Light Ion Beam Laboratory Microfusion Facility (Annual Report to Sandia National Laboratories for Work Performed 10/1/88 - 9/31/89); R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, J.W. Powers, H.Y. Khater, M.E. Sawan, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, J.S. Lipschultz, February 1990. (66 pages, 3.2 MB)
UWFDM-462 An Overview of TASKA - A Tandem Mirror Fusion Engineering Facility; G.L. Kulcinski and the Design Groups of University of Wisconsin, Fusion Power Associates, and Kernforschungzentrum Karlsruhe, March 15, 1982. (54 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-737 An Outboard Shield Design for TIBER-II with Potential for Tritium Self-Sufficiency; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; IEEE Cat. No. 87CH2507-2, Vol. 2, pp. 1283]. (7 pages, 797 kB)
UWFDM-107 An Optimal Multistage Sequential Monte Carlo Method; M.M.H. Ragheb, C.W. Maynard, and R.W. Conn, August 1974. (27 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1012 An Investigation of the Opacity of High-Z Mixtures and Implications for ICF Hohlraum Design; P. Wang, J.J. MacFarlane, T.J. Orzechowski, May 1996 [Presented at the 11th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Monterey, CA, 12-16 May 1996; to be published in Review of Scientific Instruments]. (16 pages, 286 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1013 An Investigation of the Opacity of High-Z Mixtures; Ping Wang and J.J. MacFarlane, May 1996. (60 pages, 1.6 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-1340 An Integrated Approach to the Back-End of the Fusion Materials Cycle; L. El-Guebaly, M. Zucchetti, L. Di Pace, B.N. Kolbasov, V. Massaut, R. Pampin, P. Wilson, May 2008 [published in Fusion Science and Technology, 52 (2) 2009, 109-139]. (49 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-444 An Improved Materials Testing Module for Magnetic Fusion; M.E. Sawan, D.K. Sze, and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 734 kB)
UWFDM-867 An Improved First Stability Advanced Fuel Tokamak, Apollo-L3; G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, C.W. Maynard, E.A. Mogahed, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA; published in IEEE 91CH3035-3 (1992) 1106]. (7 pages, 577 kB)
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-1165 An Efficient and High Resolution Solver for the Two-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; S.P. Wang, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, December 2001 [presented at the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing (8th IWPCTM), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 9-14 December 2001 (submitted to Lasers and Particle Beams)]. (9 pages, 858 kB)
UWFDM-632 An Assessment of Radiation Effects in Beryllium; W.G. Wolfer and T.J. McCarville, February 1985 [Presented at the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, CA, 3-7 March 1985; Fusion Tech. 8, (July 1985)]. (11 pages, 915 kB)
UWFDM-775 An Aqueous Lithium Salt Self-Cooled Blanket and Shield for ITER; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.L. Kulcinski, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT; Fus. Tech. 15/2 (1989) 643]. (9 pages, 824 kB)
UWFDM-813 An Aqueous Lithium Salt Blanket for ITER; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.L. Kulcinski, J.P. Blanchard, H.Y. Khater, E.A. Mogahed, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1989 [Presented at the 13th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 2-6 October 1989, Knoxville TN; IEEE Cat. No. 89CH2820-9, Vol. 1, 74]. (7 pages, 607 kB)
UWFDM-405 An Analytical Model for the Motion and Radiative Response of a Low Density Inertial Confinement Fusion Buffer Gas; T.J. McCarville, G.L. Kulcinski, and G.A. Moses, January 1981. (28 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-524 An Alternative Variational Calculation of the Trapping Rate in Thermal Barriers; X.Z. Li and G.A. Emmert, July 1983. (43 pages, 1.4 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-877 Aluminum K-Shell Line Emission as a Diagnostic in Light Ion Beam Fusion Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, T.A. Mehlhorn, J. Bailey, R.J. Dukart, March 1992 [presented at the 9th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Santa Fe NM, 15-19 March 1992; Rev. of Sci. Instrum. 63 (1992) 5062]. (16 pages, 710 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1216 Alternate Applications of Fusion-Production of Radioisotopes; G.L. Kulcinski, J. Weidner, B. Cipiti, R.P. Ashley, J.F. Santarius, S.K. Murali, G. Piefer, R. Radel, November 2002 [presented at the 15th ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 17-21 November 2002, Washington, DC; published in Fusion Science and Technology 44, 559 (2003)]. (7 pages, 741 kB)
UWFDM-425 Alpha Particle Loss and Energy Deposition in Tandem Mirrors; J.F. Santarius and J.D. Callen, November 1981 [Phys. Fluids 26 (1983) 1037]. (31 pages, 968 kB)