Simo Hostikka

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

A thermomechanical explanation for the topology of crack patterns observed on the surface of charred wood and particle fibreboard

Baroudi, Djebar; Ferrantelli, Andrea; Li, Kai Yuan; Hostikka, Simo

2017 in COMBUSTION AND FLAME (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC)

ISSN: 0010-2180

Fire-induced pressure and smoke spreading in mechanically ventilated buildings with air-tight envelopes

Hostikka, Simo; Kallada Janardhan, Rahul; Riaz, Umar; Sikanen, Topi

2017 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

Pyrolysis Model for Predicting the Heat Release Rate of Birch Wood

Hostikka, S.; Matala, A

2017 in COMBUSTION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Taylor & Francis, Inc.)

ISSN: 0010-2202

Experiments and Numerical Simulations of Pressure Effects in Apartment Fires

Kallada Janardhan, Rahul; Hostikka, Simo

2017 in FIRE TECHNOLOGY (Springer Netherlands)

ISSN: 0015-2684

Charring shrinkage and cracking of fir during pyrolysis in inert atmosphere and different ambient pressures

Li, Kaiyuan; Hostikka, Simo; Dai, Peng; Li, Yuanzhou; Zhang, Heping ; Ji, Jie

2017 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMBUSTION INSTITUTE (Elsevier Limited)

ISSN: 1540-7489

Char cracking of medium density fibreboard due to thermal shock effect induced pyrolysis shrinkage

Li, Kaiyuan; Mousavi, Mahmoud; Hostikka, Simo

2017 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

Numerical simulations of liquid spreading and fires following an aircraft impact

Sikanen, Topi; Hostikka, Simo

2017 in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0029-5493

Predicting the heat release rates of liquid pool fires in mechanically ventilated compartments

Sikanen, Topi; Hostikka, Simo

2017 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

Experimental study on flame merging behaviors from two pool fires along the longitudinal centerline of model tunnel with natural ventilation

Ji, Jie; Wan, Huaxian; Gao, Zihe; Fu, Yanyun; Sun, Jinhua; Zhang, Yonming; Li, Kaiyuan; Hostikka, Simo

2016 in COMBUSTION AND FLAME (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC)

ISSN: 0010-2180

Modeling and simulation of liquid pool fires with in-depth radiation absorption and heat transfer

Sikanen, Topi; Hostikka, Simo

2016 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

A PMMA flammability analysis using the MCC Effect of specimen mass

Xu, Qiang; Jin, Cong; Griffin, Gregory J.; Matala, Anna; Hostikka, Simo

2016 in JOURNAL OF THERMAL ANALYSIS AND CALORIMETRY (Springer Netherlands)

ISSN: 1388-6150

Experimental Characterisation of Sprays Resulting from Impacts of Liquid-Containing Projectiles

Hostikka, Simo; Silde, Ari; Sikanen, Topi; Vepsä, Ari; Paajanen, Antti; Honkanen, Markus

2015 in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0029-5493

Modeling and Simulation of High Pressure Water Mist Systems

Sikanen, Topi; Vaari, Jukka; Hostikka, Simo; Paajanen, Antti

2014 in FIRE TECHNOLOGY (Springer Netherlands)

ISSN: 0015-2684

Vertical flame spread on charring materials at different ambient temperatures

Mangs, Johan; Hostikka, Simo

2013 in FIRE AND MATERIALS (Wiley-Blackwell)

ISSN: 0308-0501

Sensitivity analysis of fire models using a fractional factorial design

Suard, S.; Hostikka, S.; Baccou, J.

2013 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

Counterflow model for agent-based simulation of crowd dynamics

Heliövaara, Simo; Korhonen, Timo; Hostikka, Simo; Ehtamo, Harri

2012 in BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD)

ISSN: 0360-1323

Generalized direct method for pyrolysis kinetic parameter estimation and comparison to existing methods

Matala, Anna; Lautenberger, Chris; Hostikka, Simo

2012 in JOURNAL OF FIRE SCIENCES (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD)

ISSN: 0734-9041

Computational fluid dynamics modelling of fire

McGrattan, Kevin; McDermott, Randall; Floyd, Jason; Hostikka, Simo; Forney, Glenn; Baum, Howard

2012 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)

ISSN: 1061-8562

Quantifying differences between computational results and measurements in the case of a large-scale well-confined fire scenario

Audouin, L.; Chandra, L.; Consalvi, J. -L.; Gay, L.; Gorza, E.; Hohm, V.; Hostikka, S.; Ito, T.; Klein-Hessling, W.; Lallemand, C.; Magnusson, T.; Noterman, N.; Park, J. S.; Peco, J.; Rigollet, L.; Suard, S.; Van-Hees, P.

2011 in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0029-5493

Probabilistic simulation of cable performance and water based protection in cable tunnel fires

Matala, Anna; Hostikka, Simo

2011 in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0029-5493

Pertinence of tests used for conformity assessments of fire resistance of nuclear power plant components - opinion of several institutions in Europe

Bruynooghe, C.; Rowekamp, M.; Hostikka, S.; Richard, J.; Maillet, E.; Neugebauer, W.; Zdenek, T.

2010 in KERNTECHNIK (CARL HANSER VERLAG)

ISSN: 0932-3902

Game Theoretic Best-Response Dynamics for Evacuees' Exit Selection

Ehtamo, Harri.; Heliövaara, Simo.; Korhonen, Timo.; Hostikka, Simo

2010 in Advances in Complex Systems (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd)

ISSN: 0219-5259

Experimental and numerical studies of liquid dispersal from a soft projectile impacting a wall

Kankkunen, Ari; Silde, Ari; Hostikka, Simo

2010 in NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN (Elsevier Science)

ISSN: 0029-5493

Quantitative application of Monte Carlo simulation in Fire-PSA

Keski-Rahkonen, O.; Mangs, J.; Hostikka, S.; Korhonen, Timo

2007 in KERNTECHNIK (CARL HANSER VERLAG)

ISSN: 0932-3902

Numerical modeling of radiative heat transfer in water sprays

Hostikka, S; McGrattan, K

2006 in Fire Safety Journal (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)

ISSN: 0379-7112

Book section, Chapters in research books

Risk assessment of large fire loads (LARGO).LARGO Summary Report

Matala, Anna; Sikanen, Topi; Paajanen, Antti; Hostikka, Simo

2015

ISBN: 978-951-38-8226-6

ISSN: 2242-1211

Wall response to soft impact (WARSI) and Impact loaded structures (IMPACT)

Calonius, Kim; Hakola, Ilkka; Hostikka, Simo; Kankkunen, Ari; Lastunen, Auli; Saarenheimo, Arja; Silde, Ari; Tuomala, Markku

2006

Conference proceedings

Numerical simulations of the ISO 13785-2 façade fire tests

Hostikka, Simo; Bytskov, Gleb

2016 in MATEC Web of Conferences (EDP SCIENCES)

ISSN: 2261-236X

Large scale simulation of high pressure water mist systems

Sikanen, T.; Vaari, J.; Hostikka, S.

2013

ISBN: 9781845647346

Modeling Evacuees' Exit Selection with Best Response Dynamics

Ehtamo, Harri; Heliövaara, Simo; Hostikka, Simo; Korhonen, Timo

2010

ISBN: 978-3-642-04503-5

FDS+Evac: An Agent Based Fire Evacuation Model

Korhonen, Timo; Hostikka, Simo; Heliövaara, Simo; Ehtamo, Harri

2010

ISBN: 978-3-642-04503-5

FDS+Evac: Modelling Social Interactions in Fire Evaquation

Korhonen, T.; Hostikka, S.; Heliövaara, Simo; Ehtamo, Harri

2008

FDS+Evac: Evacuation module for fire dynamics simulator

Korhonen, T.; Hostikka, S.; Heliövaara, Simo.; Ehtamo, Harri; Matikainen, K.

2007

Integration of an agent based evacuation simulation and state-of-the-art fire simulation

Korhonen, T.; Hostikka, S.; Heliövaara, Simo; Ehtamo, Harri

2007

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional journal

Poistumissimuloinnit palotilanteissa

Heliövaara, Simo; Ehtamo, Harri; Korhonen, T.; Hostikka, S.

2007 in Pelastustieto (SPRINGER)

Article in professional conference proceedings

Pyrolysis modelling of composite fabrics based on individual fabric properties using micro-combustion calorimetry

Wilkens Flecknoe-Brown, Konrad; Hostikka, Simo; van Hees, Patrick

2016

Palo-osastoinnin luotettavuuden laskennallinen arviointi

Hostikka, Simo; Kling, T.; Paajanen, A; Matala, A

2015

ISSN: 0031-0476

Komposiittimateriaalien palomallinnus Osa B: Cfd-Fea -menetelmä ja sen kokeellinen validointi

Paajanen, Antti; Matala, Anna; Korhonen, Timo; Hostikka, Simo; Jansson, Robert; Blomqvist, Per; Olsen, Hans; Gutkin, R.

2015

ISSN: 0031-0476

Allaspalojen simulointi

Sikanen, Topi; Hostikka, Simo

2015

ISSN: 0031-0476

Pyrolysis modeling of polymer composites for fire simulations

Matala, Anna; Hostikka, Simo

2014

CFD-FEA Simulation Framework for Composite Structures

Paajanen, Antti; Hostikka, Simo; Matala, Anna; Gutkin, Renaud

2014

Published development or research report

Pressure management in compartment fires

Hostikka, Simo; Kallada Janardhan, Rahul

2017 in Aalto University publication series (Aalto University)

ISBN: 9789526072395

ISSN: 1799-4896

Prediction and validation of pool fire development in enclosures by means of CFD Models for risk assessment of nuclear power plants (Poolfire) Final Report

van Hees, Patric; Wahlqvist, Jonathan; Hostikka, Simo; Sikanen, Topi; Husted, Bjarne; Magnusson, Tommy; Jörud, Fredrik

2014