Simo Hostikka
Professori (Associate professor)
Professori (Associate professor)
T214 Civil Engineering
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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Areas of expertise
Fire safety, Thermal radiation, Pyrolysis
Honors and awards
Winning poster at CAE Conference and Exhibition 2020
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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.
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Student prize: Dean’s award for the best MSc theses in 2019 in the School of Engineering
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Jan 2019
Student prize: MSc thesis award of Oskari Vilamo –fund
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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.
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Jan 2019
Student prize: Master's thesis award of Nordic Fire and Safety Days 2018
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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
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Jan 2012
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence
Philip Thomas Medal of Excellence for the best paper at the eight symposium
of International Association of Fire Safety Science, 2005. Received with
Timo Korhonen and Olavi Keski-Rahkonen.
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Jan 2008
Interflam trophy
Received together
with Kevin McGrattan, Jason Floyd and Glenn Forney, for a key contribution
to fire science.
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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
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Jan 2010
Research groups
- Rakennusten suunnittelu, rakentaminen ja toimivuus, Professori (Associate 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
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
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
Asumisterveys huoneistossa, kemialliset altisteet ja niiden vähentäminen liesipalotilanteen jälkeen
Marjaleena Aatamila, Marko Hassinen, Pekka Toivanen, Kalle Kiviranta, Juha Laitinen, Simo Hostikka, Emmanuelle Castagnoli
2023
Pelastustieto
MODELING THE THERMAL RADIATION PENETRATION INTO THE LIQUID FUELS FOR FIRE SIMULATIONS
F. Alinejad, H. Bordbar, S. Hostikka
2023
8th Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC)
On the importance and modeling of in-depth spectral radiation absorption in the pyrolysis of black PMMA
Farid Alinejad, Hadi Bordbar, Simo Hostikka
2023
Fire Safety Journal
Charring cylinders in cone calorimetry: How heat is distributed? – A survey towards fire performance of electrical cables
Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Simo Hostikka
2023
Pelastustieto
Combustion characteristics of non-charring polymer cylinders - experimental and numerical study
Morteza Gholami Haghighi Fard, Simo Hostikka
2023
Combustion and Flame
Exploring the thermal characteristics, ignitions and heat release of oils and solid items at electric cooktops
Simo Hostikka, Tarique Jhatial, Marjaleena Aatamila
2023
Fire Safety Journal