Xx cos (x, ν) + Xy cos (y, ν) + Zx cos (z, ν) = Xν,

(2)

where ν denotes the direction of the outward-drawn normal to the bounding surface, and Xν denotes the x-component of the applied surface traction. The relations between stress-components and strain-components are expressed by either of the sets of equations (1) or (3) of § 26. The relations between strain-components and displacement are the equations (1) of § 11, or the equivalent conditions of compatibility expressed in equations (1) and (2) of § 16.

39. We may proceed by either of two methods. In one method we eliminate the stress-components and the strain-components and retain only the components of displacement. This method leads (with notation already used) to three partial differential equations of the type

(λ + μ) ( ∂u+ ∂v+ ∂w) + μ ( ∂²u+ ∂²u+ ∂²u) + ρX = 0,
∂x ∂x∂y ∂z∂x² ∂y²∂z²

(3)

and three boundary conditions of the type

λ cos (x, ν) ( ∂u+ ∂v+ ∂w) + μ { 2 cos (x, ν) ∂u+ cos (y, ν) ( ∂v+ ∂u)
∂x ∂y∂z ∂x∂x ∂y
+ cos (z, ν) ( ∂u+ ∂w) } = Xν.
∂z ∂x

(4)