[en] In this paper, an experimental campaign is described. The high purity Nickel sheet with a thickness of 500 microns is tested at low triaxiality. Thanks to a novel geometry, the axial tensile force is converted to shear the material in a local region. Different series of tests are carried out in function of grain sizes. A strong influence on the global mechanical response can be observed due to different numbers of grains through the thickness of sample. The experimental curves are reproduced by finite element simulations with an isotropic macroscopic Hollomon constitutive law relying on different sets of parameters. Next, a small representative volume is considered. Using the identified parameters for each grain size, a sandwich approach is applied. The results of the single constitutive law approach and the sandwich approach are compared.
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