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-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-473 A Theoretical Model for Hot Plasma Flowing to a Wall With Recycling; A.W. Bailey and G.A. Emmert, May 1982 [to be published in J. of Nucl. Mater.]. (27 pages, 924 kB)
UWFDM-463 Electron Bounce Resonance Heating in a Mirror Confined Plasma; K.C. Shaing and J.D. Callen, April 1982. (17 pages, 860 kB)
UWFDM-469 Radiation Dose Rate Resistivity Degradation in Ceramic Insulators and Assessment of the Consequences in Fusion Reactor Applications; L.J. Perkins, April 1982. (45 pages, 1.7 MB)
UWFDM-462 An Overview of TASKA - A Tandem Mirror Fusion Engineering Facility; G.L. Kulcinski and the Design Groups of University of Wisconsin, Fusion Power Associates, and Kernforschungzentrum Karlsruhe, March 15, 1982. (54 pages, 2.1 MB)
UWFDM-458 Documentation for MF-FIRE, A Multifrequency Radiative Transfer Version of FIRE; G.A. Moses, T.J. McCarville, and R.R. Peterson, March 1982 (revised August 1984) [Computer Phys. Comm. 36, 249 (1985)]. (150 pages, 6.0 MB)
UWFDM-459 Electron Cyclotron Heating in Weakly Relativistic, Finite-Beta Tandem Mirror Plasmas; K. Audenaerde and J. Scharer, March 1982. (39 pages, 1.8 MB)
UWFDM-461 Availability Analysis of Fusion Power Plants; C.W. Maynard and Z. Musicki, March 1982. (93 pages, 3.1 MB)
UWFDM-464 MIXERG - An Equation of State and Opacity Computer Code; R.R. Peterson and G.A. Moses, March 1982 [Comm. Physics Communications 28 405 (1983)]. (56 pages, 4.2 MB)
UWFDM-465 Thermal Effects and Erosion Rates Resulting from Intense Deposition of Energy in Fusion Reactor First Walls; Ahmed M. Hassanein, March 1982 [Ph.D. thesis]. (335 pages, 8.9 MB)
UWFDM-500 TASKA - A Tandem Mirror Fusion Engineering Facility; B. Badger, F. Arendt, H.M. Attaya, K. Audenaerde, H. Avci, J.B. Beyer, E. Bogusch, D. Boehme, D. Bruggink, L.P. Dietz, H. Dittrich, L. El-Guebaly, G.A. Emmert, J. Erb, H. Frey, B. Glaser, G. Grant, W. Heinz, W. Hennhoefer, W. Koehler, P. Komarek, G.L. Kulcinski, M. Kuntze, E.M. Larsen, T. Lechtenberg, H.G. Leiste, X.Z. Li, W. Link, B.M. Manes, W. Maurer, C.W. Maynard, F. Mehren, E. Montalvo, D. Mundt, Z. Musicki, E. Opperman, J.E. Osher, L.J. Perkins, R.R. Peterson, K.E. Plute, U. Quade, G. Ries, H. Runge, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, J.E. Scharer, D.C. Schluderberg, H. Schuetz, A. Suppan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, W. Tischler, M.A. Vogel, W.F. Vogelsang, A.M. White, W.G. Wolfer, D.B. Young, K.Y. Yuan, March 1982. (1043 pages, 33 MB) [more]
UWFDM-456 Choice of First Wall Material in the Light Ion Beam Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, G.A. Moses, and K.J. Lee, February 1982. (51 pages, 1.9 MB)
UWFDM-457 Report to Sandia Laboratory on University of Wisconsin Fusion Engineering Program Design Activities for the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility from August 1981 to February 1982; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, K.J. Lee, E.G. Lovell, T.J. McCarville, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and A. White, February 1982. (174 pages, 5.5 MB)
UWFDM-455 Fireball Propagation in Preformed Plasma Channels in the Light Ion Beam Driven Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, K.J. Lee, and G.A. Moses, January 1982. (25 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-460 The Impact of Inelastic Deformation, Radiation Effects, and Fatigue Damage on Fusion Reactor First Wall Lifetime; Robert David Watson, December 1981 [Ph.D thesis]. (369 pages, 10.0 MB)
UWFDM-425 Alpha Particle Loss and Energy Deposition in Tandem Mirrors; J.F. Santarius and J.D. Callen, November 1981 [Phys. Fluids 26 (1983) 1037]. (31 pages, 968 kB)
UWFDM-432 A Numerical Path Sum Solution to Nonlinear Fokker-Planck Equations; M.F. Wehner and W.G. Wolfer, October 1981. (41 pages, 1.4 MB)
UWFDM-437 Fusion Materials - Adapting to Realistic Reactor Environments; G.L. Kulcinski, October 1981 [presented at 3rd Technical Committee and Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, October 5-16, 1981]. (27 pages, 1.6 MB)
UWFDM-439 UWTOR-M, A Stellarator Power Reactor Utilizing Modular Coils; I.N. Sviatoslavsky, S.W. Van Sciver, G.L. Kulcinski, D.T. Anderson, A.W. Bailey, J.D. Callen, J.A. Derr, G.A. Emmert, L. El-Guebaly, A. Khalil, J.L. Shohet, D.K. Sze, R.C. Sanders, J. Tataronis, K. Yuan, October 1981 [presented at 3rd Technical Committee and Workshop on Fusion Reactor Design and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, October 5-16, 1981]. (21 pages, 1.3 MB)
UWFDM-440 WISECRACK - A Fracture Mechanics Code for Lifetime Analysis of High Heat Flux Components in Fusion Reactors; R.D. Watson and W.G. Wolfer, October 1981. (107 pages, 3.7 MB)
UWFDM-442 Low Density Cavity Gas Fireball Dynamics in the Light Ion Beam Target Development Facility; R.R. Peterson, K.J. Lee, and G.A. Moses, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (7 pages, 748 kB)
UWFDM-443 Gas Dynamics and Heat Transfer Phenomena in Liquid Metal ICF Reactor First Surfaces; R.R. Peterson, D.K. Sze, A.M. Hassanein, and L. Pong, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 800 kB)
UWFDM-444 An Improved Materials Testing Module for Magnetic Fusion; M.E. Sawan, D.K. Sze, and G.L. Kulcinski, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 734 kB)
UWFDM-445 In-Situ Tritium Recovery from Li17Pb83 Breeding Blanket; D.K. Sze, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (7 pages, 756 kB)
UWFDM-446 Mechanical Response of Cavity Tube Banks in Heavy Ion Beam Fusion Reactors; R.L. Engelstad and E.G. Lovell, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 641 kB)
UWFDM-447 Plasma Engineering Considerations for an Inside-Barrier Tandem Mirror Test Facility; J.F. Santarius and G.A. Emmert, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research, Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (6 pages, 741 kB)
UWFDM-448 Conceptual Design for a Modular Stellarator Fusion Reactor Magnet; S.W. Van Sciver, A. Khalil, K.Y. Yuan, and I.N. Sviatoslavsky, October 1981 [Proc. of the 9th Symposium on Engr. Prob. of Fusion Research Chicago, IL, October 26-29, 1981]. (7 pages, 693 kB)
UWFDM-414 Report to Sandia Laboratory on University of Wisconsin Fusion Engineering Program Design Activities for the Light Ion Beam Fusion Target Development Facility from August 1980 to August 1981; B. Badger, R.L. Engelstad, G.L. Kulcinski, E.G. Lovell, T.J. McCarville, G.A. Moses, R.R. Peterson, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, and M.A. Sweeney, September 1981. (77 pages, 2.6 MB) [more]
UWFDM-441 Three-Dimensional Nuclear Analysis for the HIBALL Reactor Cavity; M.E. Sawan, L.A. El-Guebaly, and W.F. Vogelsang, September 1981 [Trans. ANS 39 (9181) 780]. (22 pages, 1.1 MB)
UWFDM-450 HIBALL - A Conceptual Heavy Ion Beam Driven Fusion Reactor Study; B. Badger, F. Arendt, K. Becker, K. Beckert, R. Bock, D. Boehne, I. Bozsik, J. Brezina, M. Dalle Donne, L. El-Guebaly, R. Engelstad, W. Eyrich, R. Froehlich, N. Ghoniem, B. Goel, A. Hassanein, D. Henderson, W. Hoebel, I. Hofmann, E. Hoyer, R. Keller, G. Kessler, A. Klein, R. Kreutz, G. Kulcinski, E. Larsen, K. Lee, K. Long, E. Lovell, N. Metzler, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, U. von Moellendorff, N. Moritz, G. Moses, R. Mueller, K. O'Brien, R. Peterson, K. Plute, L. Pong, R. Sanders, J. Sapp, M. Sawan, K. Schretzmann, T. Spindler, I. Sviatoslavsky, K. Symon, D. Sze, N. Tahir, W. Vogelsang, A. White, S. Witkowski, H. Wollnik, September 1981. (668 pages, 20 MB) [more]
UWFDM-421 Transient Elastic Stresses in ICF Reactor First Wall Structural Systems; E.G. Lovell, R.R. Peterson, R.L. Engelstad, and G.A. Moses, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA (J. Nucl. Matls. 103 (1981) 115-120)]. (9 pages, 746 kB)
UWFDM-422 Vaporization and Melting of Materials in Fusion Devices; A.M. Hassanein, G.L. Kulcinski, and W.G. Wolfer, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 321-326 (1981)]. (9 pages, 819 kB)
UWFDM-423 First Wall Evaporation in Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors Utilizing Gas Protection; A.M. Hassanein, T.J. McCarville, and G.L. Kulcinski, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Mats. 103 & 104, 327 (1982)]. (9 pages, 763 kB)
UWFDM-424 Production and Behavior of Point Defects in Pulsed Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactors; M.E. Sawan, G.L. Kulcinski, and N.M. Ghoniem, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 109 (1982)]. (7 pages, 726 kB) [more]
UWFDM-426 The INPORT Concept - An Improved Method to Protect ICF Reactor First Walls; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Moses, J. Sapp, M. Sawan, I.N. Sviatoslavsky, D.K. Sze, and W.F. Vogelsang, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 103 (1981)]. (9 pages, 812 kB) [more]
UWFDM-427 TASKA, A Fusion Engineering Test Facility for the 1990's; G.L. Kulcinski, G.A. Emmert, C.W. Maynard, J.F. Santarius, M.E. Sawan, W. Heinz, P. Komarek, W. Maurer, A. Suppan, and E. Opperman, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 67 (1982)]. (8 pages, 780 kB) [more]
UWFDM-428 Enhancement of Irradiation Creep in Pulsed Fusion Reactors; H. Gurol, N.M. Ghoniem, and W.G. Wolfer, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, (1981)]. (9 pages, 845 kB) [more]
UWFDM-429 Flow and Fracture of Alloys in the Fusion Environment; W.G. Wolfer and R.H. Jones, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 1305-1314 (1981)]. (14 pages, 1.2 MB) [more]
UWFDM-430 Helium Bubble Formation and Swelling in Metals; B.B. Glasgow, A. Si-Ahmed, W.G. Wolfer, and F.A. Garner, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 981-986 (1981)]. (10 pages, 805 kB) [more]
UWFDM-431 The Irradiation of High Purity and Helium Doped Aluminum with Aluminum Ions; S.K. McLaurin, G.L. Kulcinski, and R.A. Dodd, August 1981 [paper presented at Second Topical Mtg. on Fusion Reactor Materials, August 9-12, 1981, Seattle, WA; J. Nucl. Matls. 103 & 104, 1227 (1982)]. (8 pages, 688 kB)