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-162 Growth Rates and Transport Coefficients for the Trapped Ion/Collisionless Trapped Particle Instability; W.A. Houlberg, June 1976. (37 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-201 Fluid Simulation of Large Tokamak Plasmas Using a Variable Spatial Mesh, Variable Time Step Implicit Procedure; W.A. Houlberg and R.W. Conn, March 1977 [presented at the Mathematics and Computations Division ANS Topical Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, March 28-30, 1977]. (34 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-1156 Atomic Processes of Hot Ultra-Dense Plasmas Technical Progress Report for FY01 National Laser User Facility Grant; C.F. Hooper, Jr., D.A. Haynes, Jr., J. Delettrez, P. Jaanimagi, S.P. Regan, I.E. Golovkin, R.R. Peterson, N.D. Delamater, August 2001. (14 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-224 Resistance to Strain Degradation in Preliminary UWMAK TF Coil Conductors for Fusion Reactors; S.O. Hong, P.F. Michaelson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and W.C. Young, November 1977. (21 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-261 Optimization of the High Field Critical Current Density in MF Nb3Sn for Magnet Use; S.O. Hong and D.C. Larbalestier, September 1978. (6 pages, 721 kB)
UWFDM-344 A Preliminary Design of the End Plug Magnet System for a Tandem Mirror Reactor; S.O. Hong, D.C. Larbalestier, L.P. Mai, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and I. Ojalvo, November 1979. (8 pages, 818 kB) [more]
UWFDM-721 UWEOSPAC: A Subroutine Package for Accessing MIXERG-Generated SESAME-Formatted Multigroup Opacity Tables; R.W. Holzer, March 1987. (30 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-110 Charging Losses of the Divertors and Transformer Coils; M.A. Hilal, September 1974. (14 pages, 637 kB)
UWFDM-144 Cryogenically Stable Conductors for Toroidal Fusion Reactor Magnets; M.A. Hilal and R.W. Boom, November 1975 [presented at the Sixth Symposium on Engineering Problems of Fusion Research, San Diego CA, 18-21 November 1975]. (7 pages, 775 kB)
UWFDM-165 Transition and Recovery of Cryogenically Stable Conductors in Fusion Reactor Magnets; M.A. Hilal and R.W. Boom, June 1976 [presented at 9th Symposium on Fusion Technology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Federal Republic of Germany, 14-18 June 1976]. (9 pages, 761 kB)
UWFDM-559 Modelling of Lithium-Lead/Water Interactions in a Fusion Reactor Design; J.P. Herzog and M.L. Corradini, September 1983 (revised August 1984). (116 pages, 4.2 MB)
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-695 Computation of Chemical Equilibrium in a Constant Temperature and Pressure System; Jim Herzog, June 1986. (47 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-791 Lithium-Lead/Water Interactions: Experiments and Analysis; J.P. Herzog, March 1989. (231 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-334 Parametric Calculations of 239Pu Breeding in Hybrid Blankets With and Without Tritium Breeding; D.L. Henderson and G.A. Moses, June 1979. (20 pages, 854 kB)
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-628 Radioactivity in the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; D.L. Henderson, R.R. Peterson, and G.A. Moses, 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) 1396]. (9 pages, 809 kB)
UWFDM-636 One-Dimensional Activation and Radiological Dose Calculations for the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; D.L. Henderson, G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1985. (83 pages, 3.0 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-707 Radiological Dose Calculations for the Diode Region of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; D.L. Henderson, M.E. Sawan and G.A. Moses, October 1986 [Fus. Tech. 13 (May 1988) 594]. (60 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-714a DKR-ICF: A Radioactivity and Dose Rate Calculation Code Package - Volume 2: Sample Problems for the DKR, CONVERT and DOSE Codes; D.L. Henderson, O. Yasar, November 1986 (revised April 1987) [available from the Radiation Information Shielding Center at ORNL, Report CCC-323/DKR]. (180 pages, 7.4 MB)
UWFDM-1147 Activation, Decay Heat, and Waste Disposal Analyses for the ARIES-AT Power Plant; D. Henderson, L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, A. Abdou, and the ARIES Team, October 2000 [presented at the 14th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, October 15-19, 2000, Park City UT]. (7 pages, 190 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-1280 Z-Pinch (LiF)2-BeF2(flibe) Preliminary Vaporization Estimation Using the BUCKY 1-D Radiation Hydrodynamics Code; T.A. Heltemes, E.P. Marriott, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, September 2005 [presented at the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), 26-29 September 2005, Knoxville TN]. (7 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1314 Thermal Analysis of Candidate Armor Materials for Use in the Magnetic Cusp Field HAPL Reactor Design; T.A. Heltemes, G.A. Moses, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (7 pages, 615 kB)
UWFDM-1315 Generation of X-ray and Ion Threat Spectra for the Fusion Test Facility Using the BUCKY 1-D Radiation Hydrodynamics Code; T.A. Heltemes, G.A. Moses, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (7 pages, 642 kB)
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-1125 Plasma Induced Line Shifts and Their Effects on Line Merging and Population Kinetics; D.A. Haynes, Jr., G.C. Junkel, M.A. Gunderson, C.F. Hooper, Jr., March 2000 [Presented at the Twelfth APS Topical Conference on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, Reno NV, 19-23 March 2000]. (14 pages, 200 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1158 ArFIT: A Detailed Model of Ar K-Shell Emission from High Energy Density Plasmas; D.A. Haynes, Jr., R.R. Peterson, I.E. Golovkin, C.F. Hooper, Jr., September 2001 [presented at the 2nd International Conference on Inertial Fusion Science and Applications, Kyoto, Japan, 9-14 September 2001]. (7 pages, 495 kB) [more]
UWFDM-381 Further Investigations of the Upper Critical Field and the High Field Critical Current Density in Nb-Ti and Its Alloys; D.G. Hawksworth and D.C. Larbalestier, September 1980 [Proc. of the 1980 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Santa Fe, NM]. (7 pages, 726 kB)
UWFDM-306 Effects of Gas Pressure on the Amount of X-ray Energy Absorbed in the First Wall of an Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; A. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1979. (14 pages, 726 kB)
UWFDM-389 Heat Flux, Erosion Rate, Implantation, and Damage Rate to the Walls of the EG&G Fusion Blanket Test Module; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and G.R. Longhurst, October 1980 [Nuclear Technology/Fusion 2, 120 (Jan. 1982)]. (40 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-397 Numerical Methods for Calculating the Temperature Increase in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor First Walls; A. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1980. (43 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-422 Vaporization and Melting of Materials in Fusion Devices; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and W.G. Wolfer, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 321-326 (1981)]. (9 pages, 819 kB)
UWFDM-423 First Wall Evaporation in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors Utilizing Gas Protection; A.M. Hassanein, T.J. McCarville, and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Mats. 103 & 104, 327 (1982)]. (9 pages, 763 kB)
UWFDM-465 Thermal Effects and Erosion Rates Resulting from Intense Deposition of Energy in Fusion Reactor First Walls; Ahmed M. Hassanein, March 1982 [Ph.D. thesis]. (335 pages, 8.9 MB)
UWFDM-468 Dynamics of Melting, Evaporation, and Resolidification of Materials Exposed to Plasma Disruptions; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and W.G. Wolfer, May 1982 [presented at the 5th International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices; J. Nucl. Matls. 111 & 112, 554-559 (1982)]. (20 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-493 Simulation of Rapid Heating in Fusion Reactor First Walls Using the Green's Function; A.M. Hassanein and G.L. Kulcinski, September 1982 [J. of Heat Transfer 106, 483 (1984)]. (26 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-494 Surface Melting and Evaporation During Plasma Disruptions in Magnetic Fusion Reactors; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and W.G. Wolfer, September 1982 [Nuclear Engr. and Design 1, 307 (1984)]. (53 pages, 2.0 MB)