3.1.1 Constitutive Equations
In consideration of the geometry constraint effect that non-standard specimen has, it is necessary to correctly carry out the correlation evaluation using scaling factor between standard and non-standard small-sized specimens in advance15,53-55, otherwise, the applied displacement on MTP specimen for representing SSFS testing data will be under- or over- estimated, leading to a large amount of inaccuracy in cyclic plasticity property evaluation. According to the latest literature review, the authors have not yet noticed any published work on this topic using finite element (FE) modelling approach to evaluate scaling factor based on an advanced mechanics-based material model, especially in high temperature LCF testing for non-standard small-sized thin-plate specimen.