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-1247 Activation Analysis for Two Molten Salt Dual-Coolant Blanket Concepts for the US Demo Reactor; M.Z. Youssef and M.E. Sawan, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 518-523]. (9 pages, 681 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1248 On the Strategy and Requirements for Neutronics Testing in ITER; M.Z. Youssef and M.E. Sawan, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1038-1045]. (11 pages, 947 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1279 Assessment of the Activation, Decay Heat, and Waste Disposal of a Dual Coolant Lithium Lead Test Blanket Module for ITER; M.Z. Youssef and M.E. Sawan, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (8 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1356 Nuclear Analyses for Two "Look-Alike" Helium-Cooled Pebble Bed Test Blanket Sub-Modules Proposed by the US for Testing in ITER; M.Z. Youssef, M.E. Sawan and A. Ying, February 2006 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design, 81 (2006) 1567-1576]. [more]
UWFDM-27 Materials and Cost Analysis of Constant-Tension Magnet Windings for Tokamak Reactors; W.C. Young and R.W. Boom, September 1972. (11 pages, 939 kB)
UWFDM-124 Construction Techniques and Stress Analysis of Toroidal Field Magnets for Tokamak Fusion Reactors; W.C. Young and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, April 1975 [presented at the International Conference on Magnet Technology, Frascati (Rome), Italy, 21-25 April 1975]. (10 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-1398 Progress on an Integrated Multi-Physics Simulation Predictive Capability for Plasma Chamber Nuclear Components; A. Ying, M. Abdou, H. Zhang, R. Munipalli, M. Ulrickson, M. Sawan, B. Merrill, December 2010 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 85 (2010) 1681-1688]. [more]
UWFDM-911 Numerical Simulation of the Stability in Long Cable-In-Conduit Conductors for Fusion Magnets; C.T. Yeaw and R.L. Wong, January 1993 [presented at the 10th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Boston MA, 7-12 June 1992. Also published as UCRL-JC-109337]. (7 pages, 702 kB) [more]
UWFDM-929 Investigation of the Radiation Effects Upon the Stability of Fusion Magnet Coils; C.T. Yeaw, October 1993 [presented at 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 11-14 October 1993, Hyannis MA]. (7 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-970 RadQuench Predictive Verification: Comparison to the Westinghouse LCP Coil; C.T. Yeaw, October 1994. (14 pages, 499 kB)
UWFDM-1004 TF Fusion Coil Conductor Performance Optimized for the Radiation Environment; C.T. Yeaw, January 1996 [submitted to Fusion Engineering and Design]. (10 pages, 479 kB)
UWFDM-726 Radiological Dose Calculations for the Chamber and Diode Region of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; O. Yasar, M.E. Sawan, D.L. Henderson, G.A. Moses, July 1987. (31 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-734 Radiological Dose Calculations for the Chamber and Diode Region of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; O. Yasar, M.E. Sawan, D.L. Henderson, G.A. Moses, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 767 kB)
UWFDM-823 A Computational Model for Z-Pinch Plasma Channels; Osman Yasar, February 1990 [Ph.D. thesis]. (259 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-841 Plasma Channels for the LIBRA Reactor Design; O. Yasar, G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL]. (7 pages, 573 kB)
UWFDM-845 R-MHD: An Adaptive-Grid Radiation-Magnetohydrodynamics Computer Code; Osman Yasar and Gregory A. Moses, January 1991. (49 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-21 Synchrotron Radiation Loss in a Tokamak; T.F. Yang, H.K. Forsen, and G.A. Emmert, April 1972. (14 pages, 864 kB)
UWFDM-30 The Preliminary Report on a Three Dimensional Magnetic Field Code - MAFCO (The Modification and Application); T.F. Yang, October 1972. (28 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-47 Calculation of Magnetic Field from a Current Carrying Finite Size Conductor; T.F. Yang, June 1973. (23 pages, 888 kB)
UWFDM-49 The Calculation and Parametric Study of the Synchrotron Radiation Loss for Tokamak Reactors; T.F. Yang, H.K. Forsen, G.A. Emmert, July 1973. (25 pages, 976 kB)
UWFDM-64 Stray Fields of the Conceptual Tokamak Fusion Reactor, UWMAK-I; T.F. Yang, R.W. Conn, and C.W. Maynard, February 1974. (17 pages, 843 kB)
UWFDM-95 Energetic Particle Loss and Field Bumpiness Due to the ``D'' Shaped Coils in a Tokamak Reactor; T.F. Yang and G.A. Emmert, April 1974 [presented at the 1st Topical Meeting on the Technology of Controlled Nuclear Fusion, San Diego CA, 14-18 April 1974]. (14 pages, 759 kB)
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-122 Start-Up of UWMAK-II; T.F. Yang, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Emmert, May 1975. (15 pages, 826 kB)
UWFDM-123 A Magnetic Field Code for Handling General Current Carrying Conductors in Three Dimensions; T.F. Yang, May 1975. (10 pages, 789 kB)
UWFDM-152 MHD Equilibrium Study of Noncircular Tokamak Reactor Plasmas; T.F. Yang and R.W. Conn, November 1975. (37 pages, 1.5 MB)
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-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-767 Improvements in the SOAST Code; Y. Yamauchi, G.L. Kulcinski, C.D. Croessmann, August 1988. (32 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-290 The Application of Uncertainty Analysis in Conceptual Fusion Reactor Design; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, February 1979 [Proc. Seminar-Workshop on Theory and Uncertainty Analysis, ORNL, TN, August 1978]. (30 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-291 UNCER: A University of Wisconsin Version of Uncertainty Files Processor for ENDF/B-V; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, February 1979. (38 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-401 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis for a Fusion-Fission Hybrid System: SOLASE-H; T. Wu and C.W. Maynard, January 1981. (71 pages, 2.5 MB)
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-902 Numerical Simulation of the Stability in a Cable-In-Conduit Conductor Developed for Fusion-Magnet Applications; R.L. Wong, C.T. Yeaw, S.S. Shen, J.R. Miller, August 1992 [Presented at the 14th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, San Diego CA, 30 September - 3 October 1991. Also published as UCRL-JC-107258]. (8 pages, 892 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1238 Assessment of First Wall and Blanket Options with the Use of Liquid Breeder; C.P.C. Wong, S. Malang, M. Sawan, S. Smolentsev, S. Majumdar, B. Merrill, D.K. Sze, N. Morley, S. Sharafat, M. Dagher, P. Peterson, H. Zhao, S. Zinkle, M. Abdou, M. Youssef, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 502-509]. (11 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-212 New Analysis of First Wall Lifetime Considerations for Fusion Reactors; W. Wolfer and R.W. Conn, March 1977. (34 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-254 Formulation of Constitutive Laws for Deformation During Irradiation; W. Wolfer, July 1978 [ASTM-STP-683, 581-597 (1979)]. (29 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-258 Structural Performance of a Graphite Blanket in Fusion Reactors; W.G. Wolfer and R.D. Watson, June 1978. (74 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-286 Swelling-Induced Stresses in Ion-Bombarded Surfaces: Effect of Crystalline Orientation; W.G. Wolfer and F.A. Garner, February 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 583 (1979)]. (10 pages, 898 kB) [more]
UWFDM-312 Correlation of Radiation Creep Theory with Experimental Evidence; W.G. Wolfer, May 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 90, 175-192 (1980)]. (54 pages, 2.2 MB)