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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
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-722 SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; G.L. Kulcinski, J.F. Santarius, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J.W. Johnson, T.E. Luzzi, C.W. Maynard, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, September 1987. (57 pages, 4.0 MB) [more]
UWFDM-723 Energy Deposition and Shock Wave Evolution from Laser-Generated Plasma Expansions; J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, May 1987 [Phys. Fluids B1 (1989) 635]. (44 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-724 Target Chamber Design Considerations for the APEX Light Ion Beam Fusion Facility; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, G.A. Moses, E.G. Lovell, May 1987. (40 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-725 Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor Cavity Analysis: Progress Report for the Period 1 July 1986 to 30 June 1987; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, M. El-Afify, M.L. Corradini, July 1987. (81 pages, 3.5 MB)
UWFDM-726 Radiological Dose Calculations for the Chamber and Diode Region of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; O. Yasar, M.E. Sawan, D.L. Henderson, G.A. Moses, July 1987. (31 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-727 Heating of Deuterium and He3 Pellets by Protons in a Hot D-He3 Plasma; P.L. Walstrom, August 1987. (15 pages, 686 kB)
UWFDM-728 Tether Dynamics and Vibration Analysis; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1987 [Presented at the PSN/NASA/ESA Second International Conference on Tethers in Space, 4-8 October 1987, Venice, Italy.]. (7 pages, 668 kB)
UWFDM-729 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, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987. (97 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-730 The Moon: An Abundant Source of Clean and Safe Fusion Fuel for the 21st Century; G.L. Kulcinski and H.H. Schmitt, August 1987 [Presented at the 11th International Scientific Forum on Fueling the 21st Century, 29 Sept.-6 October 1987, Moscow, USSR.]. (38 pages, 6.2 MB)
UWFDM-731 Effects of 14 MeV Nickel Ion Irradiation on Nickel-Copper Alloys Observed in Cross-Section; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd, G.L. Kulcinski, October 1987 [Presented at the 3rd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 4-8 October 1987, Karlsruhe, FRG.]. (21 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-732 Design Considerations for the SIRIUS-M ICF Materials Test Facility; S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H.M. Attaya, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, Z. Musicki, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 793 kB)
UWFDM-733 Target Chamber Designs for the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 701 kB)
UWFDM-734 Radiological Dose Calculations for the Chamber and Diode Region of the Light Ion Fusion Target Development Facility; O. Yasar, M.E. Sawan, D.L. Henderson, G.A. Moses, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 767 kB)
UWFDM-735 Design Studies of the APEX Light Ion Fusion Experiment; G.A. Moses, R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, R.R. Peterson, R. Whitley, M. Connelly, B. Glasgow, A. Patel, R. Yamamoto, J. Callen, D. Engman, W. Kelber, E. Maltz, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 762 kB) [more]
UWFDM-736 High Performance Inboard Shield Design for the Compact TIBER-II Test Reactor; L.A. El-Guebaly, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; published in Proc. IEEE]. (7 pages, 862 kB)
UWFDM-737 An Outboard Shield Design for TIBER-II with Potential for Tritium Self-Sufficiency; M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; IEEE Cat. No. 87CH2507-2, Vol. 2, pp. 1283]. (7 pages, 797 kB)
UWFDM-738 High Aspect Ratio D-3He Reactors; B.Q. Deng and G.A. Emmert, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 692 kB)
UWFDM-739 LOFA and LOCA in the TIBER-II Engineering Test Reactor; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, S. Lomperski, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 844 kB)
UWFDM-740 Ignition in Near Term D-3He Tokamak Reactors; G.A. Emmert and B.Q. Deng, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (6 pages, 617 kB)
UWFDM-741 Ra: A High Efficiency, D-3He, Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactor; J.F. Santarius, H.M. Attaya, M.L. Corradini, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, G.L. Kulcinski, E.M. Larsen, C.W. Maynard, Z. Musicki, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA; Proceedings (IEEE, NY, 1987) 752-755]. (7 pages, 778 kB)
UWFDM-742 Helium-3 Fueling Concepts for Magnetically Confined Fusion; L.J. Wittenberg, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (6 pages, 707 kB)
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-744 TIBER Activation Analysis; H. Attaya, October 1987 [Presented at the 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 12-16 October 1987, Monterey CA]. (7 pages, 735 kB)
UWFDM-745 The Commercial Potential of D-He3 Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, G.A. Emmert, H. Attaya, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, Z. Musicki, October 1987 [Presented at 12th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Monterey, CA, 12-16 October 1987]. (5 pages, 634 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-747 Target Chamber Gas Issues in Near Term ICF Facilities; Robert R. Peterson, October 1987 [submitted to Proceedings of the Symposium on Laser Interaction and Related Plasma Phenomena, October 1987, Monterey, CA]. (9 pages, 747 kB)
UWFDM-748 Viewgraphs Presented at the Third Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems and Applications Colloquium, 9-11 November 1987, Madison, Wisconsin; R.R. Peterson, Compiling Editor, November 1987. (350 pages, 17 MB)
UWFDM-749 Proceedings of the Third Inertial Confinement Fusion Systems and Applications Colloquium; R.R. Peterson, compiling editor, May 1988. (332 pages, 23 MB)
UWFDM-750 IONMIX - A Code for Computing the Equation of State and Radiative Properties of LTE and Non-LTE Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, December 1987 [Comp. Phys. Commun. 56 (1989) 259]. (52 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-751 AXISYS: A System of Computer Programs for Calculation of Magnetic Fields, Forces, Inductances, and Flux Lines for Collections of Coaxial Solenoid Elements; Peter Walstrom, January 1988. (25 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-752 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Studies: Progress Report for the Period November 1, 1986 to October 31, 1987; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, R.L. Engelstad, D.L. Henderson, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, O. Yasar, January 1988. (69 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-753 Critical Issues for SOAR: The Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor; J.F. Santarius, G.L. Kulcinski, L.A. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, H. Khater, Z. Musicki, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, W.F. Vogelsang, P.L. Walstrom, L.J. Wittenberg, January 1988 (revised August 1988) [Presented at Fifth Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, 11-14 January 1988; Space Nuclear Power Systems 1988 (Orbit, Malabar FL, 1989) 161]. (24 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-754 Progress Report on Work Performed on the LIBRA Design During the Period 1 February 1987 to 31 January 1988; B. Badger, G. Moses, R. Engelstad, G. Kulcinski, E. Lovell, J. MacFarlane, Z. Musicki, R. Peterson, M. Sawan, I. Sviatoslavsky, L. Wittenberg, January 1988. (77 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-755 Commercial Attractiveness of D-He3 Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, February 1988. (54 pages, 4.6 MB)
UWFDM-756 SIRIUS-M: A Symmetric Illumination, Inertially Confined Direct Drive Materials Test Facility - Final Report; B. Badger, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, H. 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, S. Skupsky, R. McCrory, P. McKenty, C. Verdon, March 1988. (268 pages, 9.4 MB) [more]
UWFDM-757 The Breeding Shield Design for the Technology Test Reactor TIBER-II; M.E. Sawan, J.D. Lee, March 1988 [Fusion Engr. &\ Des. 8 (1989) 161]. (20 pages, 980 kB)
UWFDM-758 Inboard Shield Optimization and Divertor Shield Design for TIBER-II; L.A. El-Guebaly, March 1988 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 10, 181 (1989)]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-759 Lithium-Lead/Water Interactions and Associated Structural Responses in a Fusion System; S.W. Lomperski, M.L. Corradini, February 1988. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-760 Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility Preconceptual Design Studies; G.A. Moses, D. Bruggink, March 1988. (14 pages, 767 kB)