
MaCFP Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena
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Gas Phase Phenomena | Condensed Phase Phenomena White Paper |GitHub | First MaCFP Workshop | Second MaCFP Workshop | Third MaCFP Workshop
Background
Background
The MaCFP Working Group and workshop series were created in 2015 and the call for participation in the first workshop was issued in April 2016. Continuously updated information on the MaCFP Working Group effort can be found at: https://iafss.org/macfp/.
Following discussions and work that took place at the end of 2021 and during 2022, it was proposed that the MaCFP Working Group should be expanded to include a subgroup dedicated to the “Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena” related to fire.
The first technical meeting of the Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena subgroup took place during the MaCFP-3 workshop in Tsukuba, Japan.


Objectives
Objectives
The purpose of the Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena subgroup is to facilitate data sharing and model development to improve experimental investigations and computational predictions of radiative heat transfer in fire science.
The specific objectives of the subgroup are to:
- Build up a radiative heat transfer community where experts from various fields of thermal radiation modeling can exchange their knowledge;
- Define, generate and share benchmark data, both experimental and synthetic, for the validation of radiative heat transfer solvers used in fire simulation software;
- Develop tools for easy exchange of benchmark data among various groups;
- Integrate and collect available data into existing MaCFP data repository;
- Organize a radiative heat transfer modeling virtual discussion group.
Call for Participation
Call for Participation
The MaCFP Working Group is inviting the members of the entire fire research community to participate in the upcoming fourth MaCFP workshop (MaCFP-4). MaCFP-4 will be held in June 2026 as a pre-event to the 15th IAFSS Symposium in La Rochelle, France (https://www.iafss2026.com). Suggestions on the selection of new target experiments or possible extensions of the domain of activities for the MaCFP Working group are welcome anytime.


Leadership of the Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena Subgroup
Leadership of the Radiative Heat Transfer Phenomena Subgroup
- Fabian Brännström (University of Wuppertal, Germany)
- Simo Hostikka (Aalto University, Finland)
- Chandan Paul (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
- Somesh Roy (Marquette University, USA)
Contact Information
Contact Information
For more information and/or to take a first step to get involved, please contact one of the IAFSS MaCFP Working Group Co-Chairs:
Bart Merci (bart.merci@ugent.be)
Arnaud Trouvé (atrouve@umd.edu)


Additional Information
Additional Information
MaCFP repository on GitHub: https://github.com/MaCFP
Information on MaCFP-1: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/first-macfp-workshop/ and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-1.0); Proceedings (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379711218301814).
Information on MaCFP-2: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/second-macfp-workshop/ and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-2.0); Proceedings (https://github.com/user-attachments/files/18370197/MaCFP-2_Proceedings_GasPhase.pdf)
Information on MaCFP-3: Program and Presentations (https://iafss.org/third-macfp-workshop/ and https://github.com/MaCFP/macfp-db/releases/tag/macfp-3.0).