3.2.3 Determination of the Scaling Factor
A series of numerical simulations were conducted on the non-standard MTP
FE models (see Fig.6b), in order to determine the scaling factors. The
target of these analysis is to verify whether the MTP model exhibits the
identical hysteresis behavior as SSFS specimen when using the correct
scaling factors. The material parameters tubulated in Table 1 coupled
with the UVP model in Section 3 were accommodated into the MTP FE model.
Noted that the hysteresis response of SSFS testing was set as the
ultimate target to be achieved by the prediction of MTP FE model via
changing the scaling factor with trial and error.