The tensile -shear interactive damage (TSID) model is a novel and powerful constitutive model for rocklike materials. This study proposes a methodology to calibrate the TSID model parameters to simulate sandstone. The basic parameters of sandstone are determined through a series of static and dynamic tests, including uniaxial compression, Brazilian disc, triaxial compression under varying confining pressures, hydrostatic compression, and dynamic compression and tensile tests with a split Hopkinson pressure bar. Based on the sandstone test results from this study and previous research, a step-by-step procedure for parameter calibration is outlined, which accounts for the categories of the strength surface, equation of state (EOS), strain rate effect, and damage. The calibrated parameters are verified through numerical tests that correspond to the experimental loading conditions. Consistency between numerical results and experimental data indicates the precision and reliability of the calibrated parameters. The methodology presented in this study is scientifically sound, straightforward, and essential for improving the TSID model. Furthermore, it has the potential to contribute to other rock constitutive models, particularly new user -defined models. (c) 2024 Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY -NC -ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).