A progressive micromechanical damage-plasticity formulation is proposed to analyze the single hooked-end steel fiber pullout energy from the surrounding cement-based matrix within the context of hooked-end steel fiber-reinforced cementitious composites (HSFRCC). As the hooked-end steel fiber has a unique fiber geometry, its fiber pullout energy from the cement-based matrix consists of the interfacial fiber-matrix debonding, the frictional sliding and pullout energy, and the elastoplastic deformation energy of the steel fiber hooked end. The aforementioned energy components are analytically derived first, and the superposition principle is subsequently employed to obtain the total energy dissipation during the fiber pullout process. Good agreement is obtained for comparisons between the experimental results of single hooked-end steel fiber pullout tests and the proposed analytical predictions. This satisfactory verification supports the validity and applicability of the proposed damage-plasticity energy prediction formulation, and suggests the applicability of this methodology to further investigation on micromechanical fracture energy prediction of HSFRCC during flexural macro-cracking.
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