The modulus is higher when the composite is loaded perpendicular to the fibres, than when it is loaded parallel to the fibres, since the matrix carries all the load in the first case and the fibres carry all the load in the second case.

The modulus is higher when the composite is loaded perpendicular to the fibres, than when it is loaded parallel to the fibres, since the modulus is higher than the weighted average of the modulus of the fibres and the modulus of the matrix in the first case, but is just the weighted average of the modulus of the fibres and the modulus of the matrix in the second case.

The modulus is higher when the composite is loaded parallel to the fibres, than when it is loaded perpendicular to the fibres, since the modulus is the weighted average of the modulus of the fibres and the modulus of the matrix in first case, but is lower than the weighted average of the modulus of the fibres and the modulus of the matrix in the second case.

The modulus is higher when the composite is loaded parallel to the fibres, than when it is loaded perpendicular to the fibres, since the fibres carry all the load in the first case and the matrix carries all the load in the second case.