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-673 FUSEDATA - A Fusion Systems Data Base; A. Bennethum, Y. Watanabe, C. Maynard, K. Gruetzmacher, Z. Musicki, July 1986. (87 pages, 2.7 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-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-695 Computation of Chemical Equilibrium in a Constant Temperature and Pressure System; Jim Herzog, June 1986. (47 pages, 1.9 MB)
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-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-712 ION - A Code to Compute Ion Trajectories in Z-Pinch Plasma Channels; G.A. Moses, June 1986. (45 pages, 1.8 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-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-678 Unfavorable Responses of Burning Plasma to a Perturbation of Fueling Rate; Yoichi Watanabe, April 1986. (18 pages, 884 kB)
UWFDM-679 Numerical Simulation of a Stratified Gas ICF Cavity; Tim Bartel, R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, April 1986. (94 pages, 3.4 MB)
UWFDM-680 Gas Effects on Void Formation in 14 MeV Nickel Ion Irradiated Pure Nickel; L.M. Wang, R.A. Dodd and G.L. Kulcinski, April 1986 [Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Fusion Reactor Materials, 14-17 April 1986, Chicago, IL]. (19 pages, 976 kB)
UWFDM-681 The Effect of Oxygen on Void Stability in Nickel and Austenitic Steel; L.E. Seitzman, L.M. Wang, 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]. (21 pages, 1.2 MB)
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-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-676 Lunar Source of He-3 for Commercial Fusion Power; L.J. Wittenberg, J.F. Santarius and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1986 [published in Fusion Technology 10, 167 (1986)]. (37 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-671 DKR-1100: A Univac 1100 Version of the DKR Radioactivity Code; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (96 pages, 4.3 MB)
UWFDM-672 DKRDOSE and DKRCONVERT: A Dose Rate Calculation Code and an Auxiliary Data Handling Code for the DKR and DKR-1100 Radioactivity Codes; D.L. Henderson, February 1986. (46 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-674 The Thermal Response of Structural Materials to Intense Energy Deposition; Dennis Croessmann, February 1986 [Ph.D. thesis]. (232 pages, 18 MB)
UWFDM-675 Very High Efficiency Fusion Reactor Concept; John F. Santarius, February 1986 (revised October 1986) [Nucl. Fusion 27 (1987) 167]. (17 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-670 CONRAD - A Combined Hydrodynamics-Condensation/Vaporization Computer Code; R.R. Peterson, J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, January 1986 (revised July 1988). (139 pages, 5.0 MB)
UWFDM-653 Failure/Maintenance Data Base for the Tritium Systems Test Assembly; Kathleen M. Gruetzmacher, December 1985. (180 pages, 6.8 MB)
UWFDM-669 Preparation of Ion-Irradiated Foils for Cross-Section Analysis; S.J. Zinkle and R.L. Sindelar, December 1985. (29 pages, 6.8 MB)
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-658 Symbolic Manipulation of Structure Functions in Availability Analysis; Yoichi Watanabe, November 1985. (45 pages, 1.5 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)