After a very exciting two year period, INSIST is finally over! It was a very long year in the lab where we tested more than 140 specimens of SAS and SFS panels as shown in the infographic below.
Spending most of my time in the lab had the unfortunate consequence of not updating this blog sooner. During this last year the project was showcased at the Mechanics of Composites Conference in Porto as well as the International Engineering Mechanics Conference in Metz, France. Lastly I had also a booth at the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation MSCA Researcher's Night getting a great turnout from a general audience that was curious to look at the lightweight metal foam panels.
As I wrote earlier, this project is over, but we have already managed to secure a grant from the IStructE to undertake some further experiments in the dynamic response of steel foam sandwich panels, leveraging some of the early results of INSIST. This website will remain live and will be updated when new dissemination activities take place. Stay tuned!