The wrinkling analysis of anisotropic sandwich panels is found by developin
g Benson-Mayers unified theory for isotropic sandwich panels into general a
nisotropic sandwich panels. Both symmetrical and antisymmetrical wrinkling
are analyzed and calculated simultaneously. The present method has been app
lied to orthotropic and antisymmetric cross-ply sandwich plates and the res
ults are in good agreement with the published analytical and experimental r
esults. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.