Simo Hostikka
My research field is Fire Safety Engineering. It means utilization of scientific methods for the design and assessment of buildings and other infrastructure for the fire and evacuation safety. More specifically, the methods of numerical fire simulations are in the focus.
- Thermal radiation heat transfer, see e.g. THERAD
- Solid pyrolysis modelling and flame / fire retardancy, see e.g. FISAMA
- Fire-induced pressure and smoke spreading in energy efficient buildings, see e.g. PAHAHUPA
- Probabilistic fire risk analyses
- Reliability of passive fire protection systems (nuclear power plant fire safety)
In our research, we use and develop the Fire Dynamics Simulator -software.
Full researcher profile
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Email
[email protected]
Postal address
Rakentajanaukio 4
02150 Espoo
Finland
Phone number
+358504471582
Areas of expertise
Fire safety, Thermal radiation, Pyrolysis
Honors and awards
Winning poster at CAE Conference and Exhibition 2020
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2020
Student prize: 2020 Harmathy award for the best student-led paper in Fire Technology -journal in 2019
Student prize: 2020 Harmathy award for the best student-led paper in Fire Technology -journal in 2019<br/><br/>The Tibor Z. Harmathy Award is presented annually to the student author who led the best Fire Technology paper. It includes a cash prize of $1,000 from Springer.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2020
Student prize: Dean’s award for the best MSc theses in 2019 in the School of Engineering
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: MSc thesis award of Oskari Vilamo –fund
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: Best PhD thesis of International Water Mist Association
I supervised Topi Sikanen's thesis that led him to Young Talent Award of IWMA.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2019
Student prize: Master's thesis award of Nordic Fire and Safety Days 2018
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jun 2018
Sjölin Award
The prize is awarded by the International Forum of Fire Research Directors, for “outstanding contributions over the past number of years to the FDS Development Team and the resulting impact of the team’s work on the advancement of fire engineering around the world”. Received with Kevin McGrattan, Howard Baum, Glenn Forney, Randall McDermott, Ronald Rehm, Jason Floyd, Timo Korhonen and William Mell. doi:10.1016/j.firesaf.2012.12.002
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2012
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence for the best paper at the eighth symposium of International Association of Fire Safety Science, 2005. Received with Timo Korhonen and Olavi Keski-Rahkonen.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2008
Interflam trophy
Received togetherwith Kevin McGrattan, Jason Floyd and Glenn Forney, for a key contribution to fire science.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2007
The best paper 2009 in Rakenteiden mekaniikka (Journal of Structural Mechanics)
The best paper 2009 in Rakenteiden mekaniikka (Journal of Structural
Mechanics) for the article “Experimental and numerical studies on projectile
impact” by A. Saarenheimo, M. Tuomala, K. Calonius, I. Hakola, S.
Hostikka and A. Silde
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Civil Engineering
Jan 2010
Research groups
- Performance in Building Design and Construction, Professor
Publications
Multiple discrete crack initiation and propagation in Material Point Method
Tito Adibaskoro, Stéphane Bordas, Wojciech T. Sołowski, Simo Hostikka
2024
Engineering Fracture Mechanics
A Novel Fast Wavenumber Selection Scheme for Line-by-Line Monte Carlo Simulations of High-Temperature Gases
Farid Alinejad, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka
2024
ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Influence of detailed in-depth radiation modeling on the computational predictions of liquid pool burning rates
Farid Alinejad, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka
2024
Fire Safety Journal
Unraveling the surface heat flux heterogeneity in cone calorimetry of cylindrical charring material : Insights from experiments and 2D modeling
Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Simo Hostikka
2024
Fire Safety Journal
Full-Scale Fire Modeling and Simulation
Simo Hostikka
2024
Fire Retardancy of Polymeric Materials
Liesipalojen syttyminen, vaikutukset ja ehkäisy
Simo Hostikka, Emmanuelle Castagnoli, Raimo Mikkola, Heidi Salonen, Tarique Jhatial, Rauli Törrö, Rahul Kallada Janardhan, Marjaleena Aatamila, Juha Laitinen, Marko Hassinen, Pekka Toivanen, Kalle Kiviranta, Laura Kuurne, Tarja Ojala, Jukka Lepistö
2024
Analyzing the gas temperature of a hydrogen jet fire in a compartment with the Fire Dynamics Simulator
Wenqian Liu, Frank Markert, Luisa Giuliani, Simo Hostikka
2024
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Thermal responses of a concrete slab under hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fires in a semi-open car park
Wenqian Liu, Frank Markert, Simo Hostikka, Luisa Giuliani
2024
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Detailed radiation modeling of two flames relevant to fire simulation using Photon Monte Carlo — Line by Line radiation model
Chandan Paul, Somesh Roy, Johannes Sailer, Fabian Brännström, Mohamed Mohsen Ahmed, Arnaud Trouvé, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka, Randall McDermott
2024
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
MaCFP - Radiation Heat Transfer Phenomena
Chandan Paul, Johannes Sailer, Fabian Brännström, Mohammed Ahmed, Arnaud Trouvé, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka, Randall McDermott
2024