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-1033 Atomic Physics Modeling in Support of Sandia Light Ion Beam Fusion Experiments; J.J. MacFarlane, P. Wang, H.-K. Chung, G.A. Moses, July 1996. (92 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1156 Atomic Processes of Hot Ultra-Dense Plasmas Technical Progress Report for FY01 National Laser User Facility Grant; C.F. Hooper, Jr., D.A. Haynes, Jr., J. Delettrez, P. Jaanimagi, S.P. Regan, I.E. Golovkin, R.R. Peterson, N.D. Delamater, August 2001. (14 pages, 1.5 MB) [more]
UWFDM-1369 Atomic and Molecular Effects on Spherically Convergent Ion Flow I: Single Atomic Species; G.A. Emmert and J.F. Santarius, July 2009 [published in Physics of Plasmas 17, 013502 (2010)]. (23 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1370 Atomic and Molecular Effects on Spherically Convergent Ion Flow II: Multiple Molecular Species; G.A. Emmert and J.F. Santarius, July 2009 [published in Physics of Plasmas 17, 013503 (2010)]. (26 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-1074 Atomic, Radiation, and Hydrodynamics Modeling in Support of the Sandia Light Ion Beam Program; D.H. Cohen, H.K. Chung, P. Wang, J.J. MacFarlane, May 1998. (60 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-1243 Attractive Design Approaches for a Compact Stellarator Power Plant; A.R. Raffray, L. El-Guebaly, S. Malang, X. Wang and the ARIES Team, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 422-431]. (13 pages, 4.0 MB) [more]
UWFDM-461 Availability Analysis of Fusion Power Plants; C.W. Maynard and Z. Musicki, March 1982. (93 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-646 Availability Analysis of Fusion Reactor Plants with Degraded States; Y. Watanabe, August 1985. (53 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-328 Axisymmetric Sloshing Ion Tandem Mirror Plugs; J. Kesner, October 1979 [Nucl. Fus. 20, 557 (May 1980)]. (23 pages, 974 kB)
UWFDM-984 BUCKY-1 - A 1-D Radiation Hydrodynamics Code for Simulating Inertial Confinement Fusion High Energy Density Plasmas; J.J. MacFarlane, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, August 1995. (203 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-899 Ballistic Focus Light Ion Beams for an Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor; R.R. Peterson, May 1992 [presented at Beams'92, 25-29 May 1992, Washington DC]. (10 pages, 770 kB)
UWFDM-587 Ballooning Instabilities on a Magnetic Separatrix; W.X. Qu and J.D. Callen, September 1984. (25 pages, 881 kB)
UWFDM-348 Barrier Cell Sheath Formation; J. Kesner, April 1980. (12 pages, 599 kB)
UWFDM-244 Beam Port Reduction Schemes for Laser Fusion Reactors; J.E. Howard, May 1978. (22 pages, 937 kB)
UWFDM-975 Beam Propagation, Target Performance, and Cavity Conditions for the LIBRA-SP Conceptual Power Plant Design: Annual Report for Calendar Year 1995; B. Badger, D. Bruggink, P. Cousseau, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, J.J. MacFarlane, E.A. Mogahed, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, M.E. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, P. Wang, December 1995 [(also FPA-95-2)]. (89 pages, 2.2 MB)
UWFDM-639 Benchmark Calculations for Fusion Blanket Development; Mohamed E. Sawan and Edward T. Cheng, May 1985 [Radiation Effects 92 (1986) 167]. (17 pages, 799 kB)
UWFDM-1361 Benchmarking FENDL-2.1 with Impact of ENDF/B-VII.0 Release on Nuclear Heating and Damage; M.E. Sawan, May 2009 [prepared for the 23rd Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), May 31-June 5, 2009, San Diego CA]. (6 pages, 550 kB)
UWFDM-1233 Benefits of Radial Build Minimization and Requirements Imposed on ARIES Compact Stellarator Design; L. El-Guebaly, R. Raffray, S. Malang, J.F. Lyon, and L.P. Ku, September 2004 [Proceedings 16th ANS Topical Meeting on Fusion Energy, Fusion Science and Technology 47 (3), April 2005, pp. 432-439]. (11 pages, 1.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-994 Bibliography of a Promising Tritium Breeding Material - Pb83Li17; E.A. Mogahed and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1995. (84 pages, 802 kB)
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-315 Blast Wave Calculations in Argon Cavity Gas for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, October 1979. (27 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-410 Boundary Layer Corrections to Neoclassical Ripple Transport in Tokamaks; K-C. Shaing and J.D. Callen, March 1981. (35 pages, 1.2 MB)
UWFDM-985 Breeding Potential of Candidate Breeders for the U.S. Demo Power Plant; L.A. El-Guebaly, September 1995 [Presented at the 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, 1-5 October 1995, Champaign IL]. (7 pages, 661 kB)
UWFDM-2 Breeding Ratio, Inventory, and Doubling Time in a D-T Fusion Reactor; W.F. Vogelsang, December 1971. (17 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-476 Bubble Screen Shielding of Water Pressure Waves Emitted by a Harmonically Pulsating Vessel; K.J. O'Brien and G.A. Moses, July 1982. (54 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-526 Buildup Factors for Magnet Shielding in Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactors; M.E. Sawan, C.W. Maynard, and L.A. El-Guebaly, May 1983 [presented at the Sixth International Conference on Radiation Shielding, 16-20 May 1983, Tokyo, Japan]. (13 pages, 1.1 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-1191 Business Approach To Lunar Base Activation; Harrison H. Schmitt, December 2002 [accepted by the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), 2-5 February 2003, Albuquerque NM]. (8 pages, 750 kB)
UWFDM-1192 Business Context of Space Tourism; Harrison H. Schmitt, December 2002 [accepted by the Space Technology and Applications International Forum (STAIF-2003), 2-5 February 2003, Albuquerque NM]. (6 pages, 594 kB)
UWFDM-1353 CAD Based Monte Carlo Method: Algorithms for Geometric Evaluation in Support of Monte Carlo Radiation Transport Calculation; Mengkuo Wang, August 2006 [Ph.D. thesis]. (151 pages, 2.1 MB)
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-218 Calculated Neutron and Gamma Irradiation Response of Actively Cooled Mirrors for Laser Fusion Power Reactors; M.M.H. Ragheb and C.W. Maynard, October 1977. (42 pages, 1.5 MB)
UWFDM-491 Calculated and Measured Emittance of a Sputter-Type Negative-Ion Source; James H. Billen, November 1982 [Invited paper presented at the Seventh Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, Texas, November 8-10, 1982]. (8 pages, 840 kB)
UWFDM-47 Calculation of Magnetic Field from a Current Carrying Finite Size Conductor; T.F. Yang, June 1973. (23 pages, 888 kB)
UWFDM-472 Calculation of Parallel Viscosity in the Plateau Regime; K.C. Shaing and J.D. Callen, May 1982 (revised January 1983) [Phys. Fluids 26 1526 (1983)]. (11 pages, 616 kB)
UWFDM-66 Calculational Methods for Nuclear Heating; M.A. Abdou, July 1973. (224 pages, 8.4 MB)
UWFDM-905 Calculational Models for the Treatment of Pulsed/Intermittent Activation within Fusion Energy Devices; S.E. Spangler, J.E. Sisolak, D.L. Henderson, August 1992 [published in Fusion Engineering and Design 22 (July 1993) 349]. (33 pages, 738 kB)
UWFDM-200 Calibration of the Fully Dynamic Rate Theory Using the Computer Code TRANSWELL; N. Ghoniem and G.L. Kulcinski, March 1977. (68 pages, 2.3 MB) [more]
UWFDM-101 Cavity Formation in Aluminum Irradiated with Aluminum Ions; Mark Lauren Sundquist, December 1974 [Ph.D. thesis]. (72 pages, 2.9 MB)
UWFDM-371 Cavity Gas Analysis for Light Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.R. Peterson, G.W. Cooper, and G.A. Moses, August 1980 [Nucl. Technology/Fusion 1, 377 (1981)]. (37 pages, 1.8 MB)