Correcting tensile test results of ECAE-deformed aluminium

Performing tensile tests on ECAE material reveals a long post-uniform elongation. In order to calculate correct true stress–true strain diagrams, three different approaches are used: measurements of the actual sample geometry, a neck evolution model proposed by Segal [V.M. Segal, S Ferrasse, F. Alford, Mater. Sci. Eng. A442 (2006) 321–326] and an inverse modelling method by finite element (FE) simulations.