SiC/SiC composites are candidate materials for in-core components of future nuclear reactors. The analysis of these structures using numerical simulations requires material constitutive laws. The present work focuses on understanding the deformation mechanisms of these materials in order to build a constitutive model able to predict their stress-strain response under complex loadings. An extensive characterization of the mechanical behaviour of SiC/SiC multi-layered tubes – similar to fuel cladding concepts - was carried out, using tension-internal pressure, tension-torsion and bending tests, that allowed to build an important experimental basis for the understanding of the mechanisms and the identification of constitutive laws. In-situ and...