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-682 Graphite First Wall Thermal Performance in ICF Reactors; H. Attaya, E. Lovell, R. Engelstad, R. Peterson, J. Liang, S. Abdel-Khalik, G. Moses and G. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (25 pages, 997 kB)
UWFDM-683 Materials Testing in the ICF Test Facility SIRIUS-M; M.E. Sawan and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL; J. Nucl. Matl. 141-143 (1986) 1039]. (23 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-684 Microstructural Evolution in Helium Doped HT-9 Ferritic Steel Following 14 MeV Ni Ion Irradiation; J.J. Kai, 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]. (24 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-685 Key Materials Issues for Near Term Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, J.M. Dupouy and F. Ishino, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (28 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-686 SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; 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 and L.J. Wittenberg, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (30 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-687 Fusion Materials - Adapting to Expanding Timetables; G.L. Kulcinski, May 1986 [presented at IAEA Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design, 26 May - 6 June 1986, Yalta, USSR]. (14 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-688 Effects of Thermal Annealing and Ion Irradiation on the Microstructures of HT-9 Ferritic Steel; Ji-Jung Kai, May 1986 [Ph.D. thesis]. (294 pages, 35 MB)
UWFDM-689 Repetition Rates in Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactors; Robert R. Peterson, May 1986 [presented at International Symposium on Heavy Ion Fusion, 27-29 May 1986, Washington D.C.]. (12 pages, 857 kB)
UWFDM-690 Approximation of General Curved Surfaces in the Fabrication of Shell Structures; P.L. Walstrom, September 1986. (35 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-691 The Impact of D-3He Fusion Reactors on Waste Disposal; W.F. Vogelsang and H.Y Khater, May 1987 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 5 (1998) 367-377]. (13 pages, 734 kB)
UWFDM-692 Stability of Vacancy Clusters in Metals I: Energy Calculations for Pure Metals; S.J. Zinkle, L.E. Seitzman, W.G. Wolfer, June 1986. (35 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-693 Stability of Vacancy Clusters in Metals II: Effect of Oxygen and Helium on Void Formation in Metals; S.J. Zinkle, W.G. Wolfer, G.L. Kulcinski, L.E. Seitzman, June 1986. (32 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-694 D-T Neutron Sources; H.H. Barschall, May 1986 [Prepared for the International Conference on Fast Neutron Physics, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 26-31 May 1986]. (19 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-695 Computation of Chemical Equilibrium in a Constant Temperature and Pressure System; Jim Herzog, June 1986. (47 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-696 The Effect of Edge Molecular Processes on Neutral Transport in the Tandem Mirror Halo Plasma; B.Q. Deng, G.A. Emmert, J.F. Santarius, July 1986. (25 pages, 895 kB)
UWFDM-697 Target Chamber Studies for the Inertial Confinement Fusion Technology Test Bed, FIRST STEP: Final Report for the Period 30 April 1985-30 June 1986; Robert R. Peterson, June 1986. (16 pages, 811 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-699 Three-State Model for Fusion Reactor Plant Availability Analysis; Yoichi Watanabe, Charles W. Maynard, Zoran Musicki, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. (10 pages, 871 kB)
UWFDM-700 Geometrical, Spectral and Temporal Differences Between ICF and MCF Reactors and Their Impact on Blanket Nuclear Parameters; M.E. Sawan, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986; Fus. Tech. 10/3 (1986) 1483]. (10 pages, 868 kB)
UWFDM-701 The Differential Geometry of Twisted Coil Windings; P.L. Walstrom, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. (10 pages, 729 kB)
UWFDM-702 Thin Blanket Design for MINIMARS - A Compact Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, M.E. Sawan, L.A. El-Guebaly, L.J. Wittenberg, M.L. Corradini, W.F. Vogelsang, G.L. Kulcinski, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. (10 pages, 936 kB)
UWFDM-703 Superconducting Magnet Radiation Effects in Fusion Reactors; Mohamed E. Sawan, Peter L. Walstrom, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986; Fus. Tech. 10/3 (1986) 741]. (9 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-704 A Thin LiPb/Be Helium Cooled Blanket for MINIMARS: Neutronics Analysis; Laila A. El-Guebaly, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986; Fusion Tech. 10, No. 3, Part 2B, 1456 (1986)]. (9 pages, 807 kB)
UWFDM-705 The Chemistry of Molten Li2BeF4; Edwin M. Larsen, Layton J. Wittenberg, June 1986 [Presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. (9 pages, 696 kB)
UWFDM-706 Numerical Simulation of an ICF Target Explosion in a Stratified Gas Atmosphere; T.J. Bartel, R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, June 1986 [presented at the 7th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion of Fusion Energy, Reno, Nevada, 15-19 June 1986]. Energy, Reno, NV, 15-19 June 1986]. (10 pages, 833 kB)
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-708 The Economic Analysis of SIRIUS-M; Zoran Musicki, September 1986. (76 pages, 3.0 MB)
UWFDM-709 Clean Thermonuclear Power from the Moon; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1986 [Presented at the 1st Lunar Development Symposium, Atlantic City NJ, 22-24 September 1986]. (9 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-710 Generation of Minimal Cut Sets Using LISP; Y. Watanabe, November 1986. (33 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-711 SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H.M. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.H. Liang, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, C. Verdon, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, S. Skupsky, October 1986. (143 pages, 4.7 MB) [more]
UWFDM-712 ION - A Code to Compute Ion Trajectories in Z-Pinch Plasma Channels; G.A. Moses, June 1986. (45 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-713 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period October 1, 1985 to October 31, 1986; B. Badger, H. Attaya, T.J. Bartel, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, J.J. Watrous, October 1986. (97 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-714 DKR-ICF: A Radioactivity and Dose Rate Calculation Code Package (Volume 1); Qingming Wang, Osman Yasar, Douglass L. Henderson, November 1986 (revised December 1994). (53 pages, 2.4 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-715 Twisted Coil Geometry; P.L. Walstrom, December 1986. (27 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-716 Reliability Analysis of Phaedrus; Yoichi Watanabe, January 1987. (70 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-717 SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, H. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.W. Johnson, C.W. Maynard, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, and T.E. Luzzi, January 1987 [Presented at 4th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, 12-16 January 1987; Space Nuclear Power Systems 1987 (Orbit, Malabar FL, 1988) 167]. (40 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-718 Fast Ion Pressure in Fusion Plasmas; B.Q. Deng and G.A. Emmert, January 1987. (21 pages, 808 kB)
UWFDM-719 Analysis of Cavity Conditions in Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, February 1987. (41 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-720 Adaptive Mesh Techniques for Unsteady Multi-Gradient Problems in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Timothy James Bartel, January 1987 [Ph.D. thesis]. (141 pages, 4.3 MB)