University of Wisconsin Fusion Design Memos (UWFDM)

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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-1031   The Behavior of Molten Pb and 83 a/o Pb-17 a/o Li When Impacted by a Vertical Column of Water; L.S. Nelson, A. Farahani, J.D. Krueger, M.L. Corradini, July 1996. (208 pages, 14 MB)

UWFDM-1186   Quenching 10-20 mm Diameter Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon in Water and on Solids; L.S. Nelson, R. Bonazza, P.W. Brooks, M.L. Corradini, December 2003. (47 pages, 14 MB)

UWFDM-1211   Studies of Metal Combustion; Lloyd S. Nelson, Bradley J. Motl, J.H. Kleinlugtenbelt, Paul W. Brooks, Riccardo Bonazza and Michael L. Corradini, June 2003. (81 pages, 8.7 MB)

UWFDM-1212   Studies of Metal Combustion; Lloyd S. Nelson, Paul W. Brooks, Riccardo Bonazza and Michael L. Corradini, March 2002. (60 pages, 5.6 MB)

UWFDM-1224   Steam Explosions of Molten Ferrosilicon Drops Released into Water: Effects of Triggering, Alloying and Water Temperature; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, February 2004. (74 pages, 21 MB)

UWFDM-1228   Triggered Steam Explosions of Molten Ferrosilicon Drops: Behavior of Solenoid-Driven and Pneumatic Impactors, Ability to Trigger the Explosions at Various Water Depths, Energetics of the Explosions, Fall Histories, Colloidal Material Deposited During the Explosions; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (73 pages, 25 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1229   The Quenching and Steam Explosions of Drops of Molten Silicon Released into Water; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (104 pages, 29 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1230   The Release of Drops of Molten Ferrosilicon and Silicon into Water: Pressure Transients Generated During Triggered Steam Explosions; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, November 2004. (56 pages, 19 MB) [more]

UWFDM-1288   Steam Explosions of Single Drops of Molten Silicon-Rich Alloys; L.S. Nelson, P.W. Brooks, R. Bonazza, M.L. Corradini, K. Hildal, T.H. Bergstrom, December 2005 [Proceedings of the Ninth International Ferroalloys Congress (INFACON 9), Quebec City, June 3-6, 2001, pp. 338-351. Published by the Ferroalloys Association, Washington, DC]. (16 pages, 706 kB) [more]

UWFDM-1414   Three-Dimensional Evaluation of Tritium Breeding Ratio, Nuclear Heating Distribution, and Neutron Wall Loading Profile for ARIES-ACT-1 (SiC/LiPb) Design; L. Mynsberge, A. Jaber, L. El-Guebaly, December 2012. (25 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-1420   Developments in 3-D Nuclear Analysis: Model Visualization and Robust Activation Analysis; Lucas Mynsberge, January 2014 [M.S. thesis]. (114 pages, 2.4 MB)

UWFDM-511   The Availability Analysis of Fusion Power Plants as Applied to MARS; Z. Musicki and C.W. Maynard, May 1983 [presented at the Fifth ANS Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 26-28 April 1983, Knoxville, TN]. (9 pages, 789 kB)

UWFDM-531   AVSYS, A Computer Program for Fusion Systems Availability Calculations; Z. Musicki and C.W. Maynard, February 1984. (81 pages, 2.6 MB)

UWFDM-532   A Preliminary Fusion Availability Data Base; Z. Musicki and C.W. Maynard, February 1984. (68 pages, 2.6 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-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-698   The Organization and Collection of System's Data in Fusion; Zoran Musicki, Charles W. Maynard, April 1986 [Presented at the 5th Eurodata Conference on Reliability Data Collection and Use in Risk and Availability Assessment, Heidelberg, FRG, 9-11 April 1986]. (14 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-708   The Economic Analysis of SIRIUS-M; Zoran Musicki, September 1986. (76 pages, 3.0 MB)

UWFDM-743   FUSCOST: A PC-Based Menu Driven Program for Economic Analysis of Fusion Facilities; Zoran Musicki, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 745 kB)

UWFDM-746   The Economic Analysis of SIRIUS-M, A Symmetrically Illuminated, Inertial Confinement Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (Continuation of UWFDM-708); Zoran Musicki, September 1987. (46 pages, 1.9 MB)

UWFDM-932   Incorporation of the Simplified Hydrogen Generation Scheme into the One-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model, TEXAS III; John G. Murphy, January 1994 [M.S. thesis]. (223 pages, 8.2 MB)

UWFDM-1342   Advanced Fuels (D-D and D-3He) Fusion Proton Energy Distribution from an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; S. Krupakar Murali, J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, April 2008 [published in Fusion Science and Technology, 53 (3), April 2008, 841-853].

UWFDM-1300   Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability of a Membraneless, Sinusoidal Gas Interface; B.J. Motl, J.H.J. Niederhaus, M.H. Anderson, J.G. Oakley, R. Bonazza, July 2005 [presented at the 25th International Symposium on Shock Waves (ISSW25), Bangalore, India, 17-22 July 2005]. (9 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-1320   Experimental Study for ICF-Related Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities; B. Motl, J. Niederhaus, D. Ranjan, J. Oakley, M. Anderson, R. Bonazza, November 2006 [presented at the 17th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, 13-15 November 2006, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 2.1 MB)

UWFDM-1379   Experimental Parameter Study of the Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability; Bradley J. Motl, December 2008 [Ph.D. thesis]. (152 pages, 27 MB)

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-160   PHD (Version I) Computer Code Documentation; G.A. Moses, June 28, 1976. (135 pages, 7.8 MB)

UWFDM-194   PHD-IV - A Plasma Hydrodynamics - Thermonuclear Burn - Radiative Transfer Computer Code; G.A. Moses, G. Magelssen, R. Israel, and T. Spindler, February 1977 (revised January 1982)  [not widely distributed].

UWFDM-195   Laser Fusion Hydrodynamics Calculations; G.A. Moses, February 1977 [Nuclear Science and Engineering 64, 49 (1977)]. (52 pages, 2.0 MB)

UWFDM-198   Thermonuclear Burn Characteristics of Compressed DT Pellets; Gregory A. Moses, February 1977. (28 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-243   Power Supply Costs for Inertial Confinement Reactors; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, March 16, 1978. (20 pages, 893 kB)

UWFDM-272   Laser Fusion Hybrids - Technical, Economic and Proliferation Considerations; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, November 1978. (45 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-296   A Comparison of Lasers and Relativistic Electron Beams (or Light Ion Beams) as Drivers for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; G.A. Moses, G.W. Cooper, March 1979. (37 pages, 1.8 MB)

UWFDM-300   Compact Electron Beam or Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Cavity Design Using Non-Spherical Blast Waves; G.A. Moses and R. Spencer, April 1979 [Nucl. Fusion Lett. 19, 1386 (1979)]. (10 pages, 691 kB)

UWFDM-317   A Brief Summary of Different Tritium Sources for a Tritiumless Hybrid Reactor; G.A. Moses, October 1979. (72 pages, 3.1 MB)

UWFDM-320   First Wall and Cavity Design Studies for a Light Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor; G.A. Moses, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, D. Drake, R. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, R. Lewis, E. Lovell, T. McCarville, L. Peranich, R.R. Peterson, M. Ragheb, R. Spencer, October 1979. (87 pages, 3.9 MB)

UWFDM-323   First Wall Protection in ICF Reactors by Inert Cavity Gases; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, October 1979. (103 pages, 3.7 MB)

UWFDM-336   FIRE - A Computer Code to Simulate Cavity Gas Response to Inertial Confinement Target Explosions; G.A. Moses and R.R. Peterson, January 1980. (81 pages, 2.2 MB)

UWFDM-396   High Gain Target Spectra and Energy Partitioning for Ion Beam Fusion Reactor Design Studies; G. Moses, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, and W. Vogelsang, November 1980 [Bull Amer. Phys. Soc. 25, 1013 (1980)]. (18 pages, 1.1 MB)

UWFDM-407   Improvements in the FIRE Code for Simulating the Response of a Cavity Gas to Inertial Confinement Fusion Target Explosions; G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, and T.J. McCarville, June 1981 (revised February 1982). (91 pages, 2.8 MB)


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