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-303 Passive Generation of Ambipolar Potential Barriers in a Tandem Mirror; J. Kesner, May 1979. (17 pages, 772 kB)
UWFDM-944 Parametric Target Chamber Simulations for the Inertial Fusion Energy Integrated Test Facility; R.R. Peterson, April 1994 [Prepared for the Eleventh Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, June 19-23, 1994, New Orleans LA]. (8 pages, 542 kB)
UWFDM-533 Parametric Survey of Microfireball Calculations for the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility Design; M. Uesaka and G.A. Moses, August 1983. (62 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-267 Parametric Studies of Tandem Mirror Reactors; K-C. Shaing, J. Kesner, and R.W. Conn, October 1978 [presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Americal Physical Society, 30 October - 3 November 1978, Colorado Springs, CO]. (18 pages, 775 kB)
UWFDM-106 Parametric Studies of Driven Tokamaks; R.W. Conn, W.A. Houlberg, and J. Kesner, June 28, 1974. (59 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-656 Parametric Lifetime Analysis of Cylindrical Chambers for the Target Development Facility; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1985. (17 pages, 845 kB)
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-657 PROPA Version 1.6 - A Probabilistic Performance Analysis Program for Availability Simulation of 3-State Systems; Yoichi Watanabe, November 1985. (48 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-216 POICOU: A Point Plasma Code Including Profile Effects for Tokamak Power Reactors; L. Lao, August 1977. (21 pages, 887 kB)
UWFDM-211 PL3 - A 3-Dimensional Plotting Program; N. Ghoniem and E. Anderson, June 1977. (40 pages, 1.4 MB) [more]
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-160 PHD (Version I) Computer Code Documentation; G.A. Moses, June 28, 1976. (135 pages, 7.8 MB)
UWFDM-827 Overview of the US-ITER Magnet Shield: Concept and Problems; L.A. El-Guebaly, October 1990 [Presented at the 9th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 7-11 October 1990, Oak Brook IL; Fusion Tech. 19, No. 3, Part 2B, 1475 (1991)]. (9 pages, 667 kB)
UWFDM-781 Overview of the LIBRA Light Ion Beam Fusion Conceptual Design; G.A. Moses, G.L. Kulcinski, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, J.J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, G. Kessler, U. von Moellendorff, E. Stein, D. Cook, R. Olson, I. Smith, P. Corcoran, H. Nishimoto, J. Fockler, October 1988 [presented at the 8th Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy, 9-13 October 1988, Salt Lake City UT]. (12 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1254 Overview of University of Wisconsin Inertial-Electrostatic Confinement Fusion Research; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, R.P. Ashley, D.R. Boris, B.B. Cipiti, S. Krupakar Murali, G.R. Piefer, R.F. Radel, T.E. Uchytil, and A.L. Wehmeyer, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1238-1244]. (10 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-1336 Overview of ARIES-CS In-Vessel Components: Integration of Nuclear, Economics, and Safety Constraints in Compact Stellarator; L.A. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, T. Tautges, R. Slaybaugh, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, C. Martin, and the ARIES-CS Team, June 2007 [published in the Proceedings of the 2nd IAEA Technical Meeting on First Generation of Fusion Power Plants: Design and Technology, 20-22 June 2007, Vienna, Austria, IAEA-TM-32812; IAEA CD ISBN 978-92-0-159508-9.]. (10 pages, 2.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1322 Overview of ARIES-CS In-Vessel Components: Integration of Nuclear, Economic, and Safety Constraints in Compact Stellarator Design; L. El-Guebaly, P. Wilson, D. Henderson, M. Sawan, G. Sviatoslavsky, T. Tautges, R. Slaybaugh, B. Kiedrowski, A. Ibrahim, C. Martin, R. Raffray, S. Malang, J. Lyon, L.P. Ku, X. Wang, L. Bromberg, B. Merrill, L. Waganer, F. Najmabadi and the ARIES-CS Team, April 2007. (49 pages, 2.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1113 Origin and Evolution of the Moon: Apollo 2000 Model; H.H. Schmitt, September 1999 [Presented at New Views of the Moon II, Flagstaff AZ, 22-24 September 1999]. (8 pages, 133 kB)
UWFDM-863 Organic Cooled First Wall and Shield Design for the ARIES-III D-3He Reactor; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, J.P. Blanchard, L.A. El-Guebaly, H.Y. Khater, E.A. Mogahed, D-K. Sze, P. Gierszewski, R. Hollies, and the ARIES Team, September 1991 [Presented at the 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 30 September - 3 October 1991, San Diego CA; IEEE Cat. No. 91CH3035-1, Vol. 2, pp. 1110]. (7 pages, 602 kB) [more]
UWFDM-1152 Options for the Use of High Temperature Superconductor in Tokamak Fusion Reactor Designs; L. Bromberg, M. Tekula, L.A. El-Guebaly, R. Miller, ARIES Team, May 2000 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 54 (2001) 167-180.]. [more]
UWFDM-1249 Optimizing Neutron Production Rates from D-D Fusion in an Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device; A.L. Wehmeyer, R.F. Radel and G.L. Kulcinski, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (4), May 2005, pp. 1260-1264]. (7 pages, 916 kB)
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-1242 Optimization of Stellarator Reactor Parameters; J.F. Lyon, L.P. Ku, P. Garabedian, L. El-Guebaly, L. Bromberg and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 414-421]. (11 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-44 Optimization Considerations in the Design of a Tokamak Reactor; D. Klein, G. Emmert, T. Yang, April 1973. (27 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1381 One-Dimensional, Time-Dependent, Integral Neutron Transport for Inertial Confinement Fusion; Carol S. Aplin, June 2010 [Ph.D. thesis]. (218 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-788 One-Dimensional Simulation of Neutral Helium Transport in Edge Plasmas; H.H. Abou-gabal, G.A. Emmert, January 1989. (31 pages, 1.2 MB)
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-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-176 On the Stability of the Flow of Thin Liquid Lithium Films; J.E. Howard, October 1976. (25 pages, 960 kB)
UWFDM-360 On the Simultaneous Formation of Interstitial- and Vacancy-Type Loops During Irradiation; A. Si-Ahmed and W.G. Wolfer, June 1980. (7 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-535 On the Physical Basis for the Swelling Resistance of Ferritic Steels; J. Sniegowski and W.G. Wolfer, August 1983 [presented at the AIME Conference on Ferritic Alloys for Use in Nuclear Energy Technologies, June 19-23, 1983, Snowbird, Utah]. (12 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-452 On the Philosophy of the Self-Perturbation of a Generalized Neutron Detector in Neutron Spectrometry Applications; L.J. Perkins, March 1983. (22 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-324 On the Performance of Fuel Elements Enriched in the SOLASE-H Hybrid Reactor; R.M. Lewis, P.R. Schwab, and W.G. Wolfer, February 1980. (71 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-1153 On the Exploration of Innovative Concepts for Fusion Chamber Technology; M.A. Abdou, the APEX Team, A. Ying, N. Morley, K. Gulec, S. Smolentsev, M. Kotschenreuther, S. Malang, S. Zinkle, T. Rognlien, P. Fogarty, B. Nelson, R. Nygren, K. McCarthy, M.Z. Youssef, N. Ghoniem, D. Sze, C. Wong, M. Sawan, H. Khater, R. Woolley, R. Mattas, R. Moir, S. Sharafat, J. Brooks, A. Hassanein, D. Petti, M. Tillack, M. Ulrickson, T. Uchimoto, June 2000 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 54 (2001) 181-247]. [more]
UWFDM-387 On the Coefficient for Bulk Recombination of Vacancies and Interstitials; W.G. Wolfer and A. Si-Ahmed, October 1980 [J. Nucl. Matls. 99, 117-123 (1981)]. (25 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-273 On the Boundary Conditions for Temperatures and Densities in a Divertorless Tokamak; K. Audenaerde, G.A. Emmert, and M. Gordinier, November 1978. (12 pages, 639 kB)
UWFDM-482 On Radiation-Induced Segregation and the Compositional Dependence of Swelling in Fe-Ni-Cr Alloys; W.G. Wolfer, F.A. Garner, and L.E. Thomas, September 1982 [11th ASTM Symposium on Effects of Radiation on Materials, Scottsdale, AZ, 28-30 June 1982; ASTM-STP-782, 1023-1041 (1981)]. (23 pages, 1.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-470 On Melt Layer Stability Following A Plasma Disruption; W.G. Wolfer and A.M. Hassanein, May 1982 [J. Nucl. Matls. 111 & 112, 560-565 (1982)]. (23 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-298 Observations on Ordered Voids in Molybdenum; K-Y. Liou, H.V. Smith, Jr., and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 83, 335 (1979)]. (15 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-353 Numerical Simulations of ICRF Heated Tokamak Plasmas; D.T. Blackfield, May 1980 [Ph.D. thesis]. (258 pages, 7.1 MB)