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.