Fire Science Show

257 - Fire Fundamentals pt. 21 - Radiation with Simo Hostikka

June 24, 2026·1h 3m
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In this episode of fire fundamentals we sit down with Professor Simo Hostikka from Aalto University to cover radiation in fires, both from the angle of physical phenomena and ways to model it. In this episode we cover following topics: feel less mysterious, from blackbody basics and role of radiation actually does inside the CFD N-S equation. Spectrum and emissivity to real engineering outcomes like heat flux, tenabilityRadiation’s two roles in fire CFD: target heat flux and the ga...

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