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-583 A Comparison of Depth-Dependent Microstructures of Ion-Irradiated 316-Type Stainless Steels; R.L. Sindelar, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1984 [presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984]. (26 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-582 Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Injected Interstitials on Void Formation; B. Badger, Jr., D.L. Plumton, S.J. Zinkle, R.L. Sindelar, G.L. Kulcinski, R.A. Dodd and W.G. Wolfer, June 1984 [presented at the 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984; to be published in ASTM (1984)]. (38 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-581 Comparison of Thermal and Irradiated Behavior of High-Strength, High Conductivity Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, June 1984 [presented at 12th International Symposium on the Effects of Radiation on Materials, Williamsburg, VA, June 18-20, 1984]. (36 pages, 5.2 MB)
UWFDM-580 ICF Reactor Target Chamber Issues for the Los Alamos National Laboratory FIRST STEP Reactor Concept; Robert R. Peterson and Tim J. Bartel, June 1984. (36 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-579 Material Considerations for ICRH Ceramic-Filled Waveguide Launchers; Laila A. El-Guebaly, June 1984. (42 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-578 A Literature Review of Radiation Damage Data for Copper and Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle and R.W. Knoll, May 1984. (99 pages, 4.3 MB)
UWFDM-577 A Pressure-Gradient-Driven Tokamak ``Resistive MHD'' Instability in the Banana-Plateau Collisionality Regime; J.D. Callen and K.C. Shaing, August 1984 (revised November 1984) [Physics of Fluids 28, 1845 (1985)]. (55 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-576 Correlation of Experimental and Theoretical Results for Vaporization by Simulated Disruption; C.D. Croessmann, G.L. Kulcinski and J.B. Whitley, May 1984 [J. Nucl. Materials 128 & 129, 816 (1984)]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-575 Nuclear Environment in the Array of Loops ICRF Launcher Module of INTOR; Mohamed E. Sawan, May 1984. (38 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-574 The Discrete Cones Method in Two-Dimensional Neutron Transport Computation; Y. Watanabe and C.W. Maynard, May 1984. (77 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-573 Polonium Production in the MARS Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, A.M. White, L. Wittenberg and D.K. Sze, April 1984. (12 pages, 662 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-571 Collisional Effects on Coherent Nonlinear Wave Particle Interactions for Second Harmonic Electron Cyclotron Heating; M.D. Carter, J.D. Callen, D.B. Batchelor and R.C. Goldfinger, March 1984. (22 pages, 1.1 MB) [more]
UWFDM-570 Three-Dimensional Neutronics and Photonics Analysis for PBFA-II; M.E. Sawan, February 1984. (27 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-569 Radiation Damage from Heavy Ion Bombardment in High Purity Aluminum; Stephen Keith McLaurin, December 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (203 pages, 7.8 MB)
UWFDM-568 Preliminary Conceptual Design of SIRIUS, A Symmetric Illumination, Direct Drive Laser Fusion Reactor; B. Badger, H.M. Attaya, T.J. Bartel, M.L. Corradini, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.M. Goldman, L.D. Lund, R.L. McCrory, S. Skupsky, R.E. Hopkins, K. Walsh, March 1984. (135 pages, 5.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-567 RAPTOR: A Computer Code to Calculate the Transport of Activation Products in Fusion Reactors; A.C. Klein and W.F. Vogelsang, February 1984. (58 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-566 A Kinetic Model for Divertors and Pumped Limiters; A.W. Bailey and G.A. Emmert, February 1984 (revised August 1984) [submitted to Nuclear Fusion]. (57 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-565 Vapor Condensation in the Presence of a Noncondensable Gas; Lichung Pong and G.A. Moses, July 1984 (revised January 1985) [published in Physics of Fluids 29 (6) 1796-1804 (June 1986)]. (37 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-564 A Variational Calculation of the Trapping Current in a Thermal Barrier; X.Z. Li, January 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (89 pages, 2.5 MB)
UWFDM-563 The Effects of Implanted Hydrogen and Helium on Cavity Formation in Self-Ion Irrdiated Nickel; Daniel Bernard Bullen, May 1984 [Ph.D. thesis]. (216 pages, 21 MB)
UWFDM-562 Blanket and Shielding Considerations for Advanced Tokamak Reactor Concepts; B. Badger, H. Attaya, L. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.H. Huang, G.L. Kulcinski, C.W. Maynard, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, December 1983. (81 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-561 Mechanical Analysis of First Wall Tubes for the LIBRA Conceptual Reactor; R. Engelstad and E. Lovell, December 1983 [presented at the IEEE Mtg., Philadelphia, PA, 12-16 December 1983]. (6 pages, 636 kB)
UWFDM-560 Emittance Calculations and Measurements for a Sputter-Type Negative Ion Source; J.H. Billen, September 1983 [submitted to Nuclear Instruments and Methods]. (87 pages, 3.6 MB)
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-558 14-MeV Neutron Radiation-Induced Microhardness Changes in Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle and G.L. Kulcinski, September 1983 [presented at the ASTM Conference on Subsized Specimens, Albuquerque, NM, September 23, 1983]. (28 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-557 14 MeV Neutron Irradiation of Copper Alloys; S.J. Zinkle and G.L. Kulcinski, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983] [J. Nucl. Matls. 122&123 (1984) 449]. (9 pages, 739 kB)
UWFDM-556 Helium Equation of State for Small Cavities: Recent Developments; W.G. Wolfer, B.B. Glasgow, M.F. Wehner, and H. Trinkaus, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (9 pages, 710 kB) [more]
UWFDM-555 Advances in Void Swelling and Helium Bubble Physics; W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (15 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-554 Conditions for Dislocation Loop-Punching by Helium Bubbles; H. Trinkaus and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (9 pages, 772 kB) [more]
UWFDM-553 Modeling Crack Growth Processes in Fusion Reactor Materials; R.H. Jones and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (15 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-552 Depth Dependent Microstructure of Ion-Irradiated Type 316 Stainless Steels; R.L. Sindelar, G.L. Kulcinski and R.A. Dodd, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983] [J. Nucl. Matls. 122&123 (1984) 246]. (9 pages, 714 kB)
UWFDM-551 Charts for Specifying Limits on Copper Stabilizer Damage Rate; M.E. Sawan, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983; J. Nucl. Matl. 122&123 (1984) 1376]. (8 pages, 686 kB)
UWFDM-550 UWTOR-M - A Conceptual Modular Stellarator Power Reactor; B. Badger, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, S.W. Van Sciver, G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, D.T. Anderson, A.W. Bailey, J.D. Callen, J.A. Derr, L. El-Guebaly, K.J. Lee, J.L. Shohet, D.K. Sze, R.C. Sanders, J. Tataronis, and K.Y. Yuan, October 1982. (449 pages, 14 MB)
UWFDM-549 Conditions for the Suppression of Void Formation During Ion-Bombardment; D.L. Plumton, H. Attaya and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (7 pages, 639 kB)
UWFDM-548 Materials Considerations for Highly Irradiated Normal-Conducting Magnets in Fusion Reactor Applications; L. John Perkins, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (8 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-547 Materials Engineering for Tandem Mirror Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983] [J. Nucl. Matls. 122&123 (1984) 29]. (11 pages, 856 kB)
UWFDM-546 Activation Product Transport in Fusion Reactors; A.C. Klein and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (8 pages, 720 kB)
UWFDM-545 Correlation of Fracture Toughness with Tensile Properties for Irradiated 20\% Cold-Worked 316 Stainless Steel; M.L. Hamilton, F.A. Garner and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (8 pages, 714 kB) [more]
UWFDM-544 Comparison of Mechanisms for Cavity Growth by Athermal and Thermal Processes; B.B. Glasgow and W.G. Wolfer, September 1983 [presented at the Third Topical Meeting on Fusion Reactor Materials, Albuquerque, NM, 19-23 September 1983]. (9 pages, 747 kB)