*2.1. Material Description*

The material used in the present study is a 5 mm thickness plate of Mg AZ31B alloy (3 wt.% Al, 1 wt.% Zn, balance Mg) provided by Magnesium Elektron (Magnesium Elecktron Ltd., Manchester, UK). The Young modulus, *E*, is equal to 45 GPa. The Poisson ratio is 0.35. The anisotropic stress–strain curves along ND, RD and TD at quasi-static and dynamic conditions were adapted from Tucker's results [19], in which the stress–strain curves are represented for different strain rates. Considering that each of the stress–strain points in the original publication are not provided, a graph digitalization software was used to obtain each of the experimental results (Figure 1), which is necessary in order to develop and calibrate a material model.

**Figure 1.** Stress–strain curves in rolled Mg AZ31B alloy at different strain rates adapted from [19].
