Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Thermoplastic Laminates Reinforced with Jute Fabric

Over the last decades, a growing interest has been directed, on one hand, towards the development of new materials with competitive performance while ensuring environmental sustainability and, on the other hand, towards the implementation of effective end-of-life strategies such as to ensure the compliance with circularity criteria. In this context, outstanding attention is devoted to thermoplastic matrix composite materials, intrinsically recyclable compared to thermosetting ones, containing natural reinforcing phases such as vegetable fibres. In this work, jute fabric-reinforced laminates based on bio-based thermoplastic matrices were fabricated using hand lay-up and hot compaction procedures and systematically explored by mechanical tests and numerical tools. The multiscale modelling of the present composite was considere