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-245 Single Particle Orbits in a Tandem Mirror; L.L. Lao, R.W. Conn, and J. Kesner, May 1978. (18 pages, 859 kB)
UWFDM-246 A BWTR (Boiling Water Tokamak Reactor) Blanket Study; D.K. Sze, C.W. Maynard, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, E.T. Cheng, C.C. Wang, J. Wrazel, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 239 (1978)]. (12 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-247 T*DAMEN, A Computer Code for Transient Radiation Damage Analysis; T.O. Hunter and G.L. Kulcinski, May 1978 [not widely distributed]. (292 pages, 11 MB)
UWFDM-248 MHD Equilibrium and Stability of NUWMAK; L.P. Mai, G.A. Emmert, and R.W. Conn, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 843 (1978)]. (10 pages, 897 kB)
UWFDM-249 NUWMAK: An Attractive Medium Field, Medium Size, Conceptual Tokamak Reactor; R.W. Conn, G.L. Kulcinski, and C.W. Maynard, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 1049 (1978)]. (14 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-250 The Newest Frontier in Radiation Damage Research - Laser Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 598 (1978)]. (15 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-251 Engineering Design Considerations for Facilitating Maintainability of Fusion Reactors; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, May 1978 [Proc. 3rd ANS Top. Mtg., 984 (1978)]. (13 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-305 Minimizing Radioactivity and Other Features of Elemental and Isotopic Tailoring of Materials for Fusion Reactors; R.W. Conn, K. Okula, and A.W. Johnson, May 1978 [Nuc. Tech. 41, 389 (1978)]. (36 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-258 Structural Performance of a Graphite Blanket in Fusion Reactors; W.G. Wolfer and R.D. Watson, June 1978. (74 pages, 2.4 MB)
UWFDM-252 Effects of Bombarding Ions on the Void Swelling Profile in Nickel; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, H.V. Smith, Jr., and P. Wilkes, July 1978 [ASTM-STP-683, 125 (1979)]. (26 pages, 4.9 MB)
UWFDM-253 The Depth Dependent Damage Profile in Nickel Irradiated with Nickel or Copper Ions; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and H.V. Smith, Jr., July 1978 [J. Nucl. Matls. 79, 159 (1979)]. (35 pages, 5.2 MB)
UWFDM-254 Formulation of Constitutive Laws for Deformation During Irradiation; W. Wolfer, July 1978 [ASTM-STP-683, 581-597 (1979)]. (29 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-238 A General Model for the Analysis of the Transient Radiation Damage Environment from Pulsed Thermonuclear Radiation; Thomas O. Hunter, July 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (346 pages, 9.5 MB)
UWFDM-255 Protection of CTR First Structural Walls by Neutron Spectrum Shifting; Halil Ibrahim Avci, July 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (322 pages, 9.4 MB)
UWFDM-256 Nucleonic Design for a Compact Tokamak Fusion Reactor Blanket and Shield; E.T. Cheng, C.W. Maynard, W.F. Vogelsang, and A.C. Klein, August 1978 [Nucl. Tech. 45, 77 (1979)]. (63 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-257 The Interaction of a High Frequency Magnetic Field with the DCLC Mirror Instability; K-C. Shaing, J. Kesner, R.W. Conn, August 1978. (12 pages, 655 kB)
UWFDM-275 Depth Dependent Damage in Heavy-Ion Irradiated Nickel; John Barry Whitley, August 1978 [Ph.D. thesis]. (226 pages, 26 MB)
UWFDM-259 SPUDNUT: A Transport Code for Neutral Atoms in Plasmas; K. Audenaerde, G.A. Emmert, and M. Gordinier, September 1978 [J. Comp. Phys. 34, 268 (1980)]. (40 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-260 Plasma Parametric Studies and Potential Applications of Driven Fusion Reactors; R.W. Conn, September 1978. (51 pages, 2.6 MB)
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-262 p-6Li Ignition and Multipoles as Advanced Fuel Cycle Reactors; R.W. Conn and G. Shuy, September 25, 1978. (47 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-263 Neutronics Optimization Studies for a Proliferation Resistant Fuel Assembly from the Fusion-Fission Fuel Factory, SOLASE-H; M.Z. Youssef, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Moses, October 1978. (34 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-264 Burn-Up Calculations for the Laser Driven Fusion-Fission Fuel Factory SOLASE-H; M.Z. Youssef, R.W. Conn, and G.A. Moses, October 1978. (46 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-265 Monte Carlo Statistical Weighting Methods for External-Source-Driven Multiplying Systems; M. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, October 1978 [Proc. of the ANS Topical Mtg. on Computational Methods in Nuclear Engr., April 1979, Williamsburg, VA, 11, 7-11 (1979)]. (26 pages, 1.2 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-268 Simulation of Transport in the Central Cell of a Tandem Mirror; L.L. Lao and R.W. Conn, October 1978. (19 pages, 784 kB)
UWFDM-277 Fusion Reactors: Their Challenge to Materials Scientists; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1978 [Contemp. Phys. 20, 417 (1979)]. (33 pages, 2.8 MB)
UWFDM-304 Discrete Transfer Cross Section Expansion for Time Dependent Neutron Transport; F. Beranek and R.W. Conn, October 1978 (revised January 1979) [Nuc. Sci. and Engr. 71, 100 (1979)]. January 1979)]. (27 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-266 Three-Dimensional Neutronics Analysis of the SOLASE-H Laser Reactor Fissile-Enrichment-Fuel-Factory; M.M.H. Ragheb, M.Z. Youssef, S.I. Abdel-Khalik, and C.W. Maynard, November 1978. (58 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-271 Phase Stability Under Irradiation - A Review of Theory and Experiment; P. Wilkes, November 1978. (28 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-272 Laser Fusion Hybrids - Technical, Economic and Proliferation Considerations; G.A. Moses, R.W. Conn, and S.I. Abdel-Khalik, November 1978. (45 pages, 1.8 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-276 ACTEN: A Computer Program to Calculate the Reaction Rate, the Rate of Energy Deposited and the Power Multiplication in a Fusion Blanket Using the Reaction Q Values; M. Youssef, December 1978. (51 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-282 The Response of Stainless Steel to the Pellet Debris in a Laser Fusion Reactor; T. McCarville, A.M. Hassanein, and G.L. Kulcinski, December 1978 [5th International SMiRT Conference, Berlin, Vol. N., P.N. 2.5/4, 1979]. (59 pages, 2.3 MB)
UWFDM-278 ICRF Heating of Tokamaks; D.T. Blackfield, January 1979. (169 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-281 First Wall Protection Schemes for Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; G.L. Kulcinski, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 87 (1979)]. (14 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-283 Void Swelling and Phase Instability in Heavy Ion Irradiated Mo-Zr Alloy; K.Y. Liou, P. Wilkes, G.L. Kulcinski, and J.H. Billen, January 1979. (6 pages, 2.0 MB)
UWFDM-284 Depth Dependent Void Swelling Rates in Self-Ion Irradiated Nickel; J.B. Whitley, G.L. Kulcinski, P. Wilkes, and J. Billen, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 701 (1979)]. (9 pages, 2.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-287 Dynamics of Newtonian Annular Jets; D.D. Paul, January 1979 [M.S. thesis]. (72 pages, 15 MB)
UWFDM-288 Tokamak Reactors and Structural Materials; R.W. Conn, January 1979 [J. Nucl. Matls. 85 & 86, 9 (1979)]. (11 pages, 942 kB)