Abstract
Interfacially flocked Z-Axis oriented reinforcing fibres can dramatically improve the interlaminar shear strength of organic polymer laminar composites (OPLC). To this end, three flock process methodologies were developed: "wet flocking", "dry flocking" and "pre-flocking". As the pre-flocking methodology was found to produce the composite panels with the highest interlaminar shear strength, it should be further developed as the most "user-friendly" way of introducing flocked fibre reinforcement technology into OPLC applications.