This paper presents the investigation on fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) confined low strength concrete subjected to monotonic and cyclic loading and validate with numerical analysis. The experimental study was carried out on carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) with different layers (one, two and three). In the ABAQUS analysis constitutive model adopted was concrete damage plasticity model (CDPM), which is having the capability of non-uniform deformation in the axial direction during loading. In ABAQUS the monotonic and cyclic modelling was simulated based on the CDPM model with displacement increment with respect to time steps. For cyclic modelling the time steps and displacement increment and decrement was adopted based on the experimental data The results obtained using the FE model for monotonically/cyclically loaded CFRP-confined cylinders matches well with that of experimental results. However, there is a difference was observed in the stiffness of the unloading and the reloading cycle with the experimental work.

Keywords: FRP, Cyclic loading, Stress-strain, Model, Confined concrete and axial stress.