Boundary Element Methods for Engineers:

Part I: Potential Problems

Introduction

Figure 1.1 Cartesian stress components

The components of solid displacement or fluid velocity in the x, y and z co-ordinate directions are
denoted by u, v and w. Following the same double subscript notation, the direct and shear components
of strain or strain rate may be defined by








= =

1.1.2





(1.2)


(1.3)


(1.5)

(1.4)

Equilibrium equations

If inertia effects are sufficiently small to be neglected, the partial differential equations of equilibrium in
the three Cartesian co-ordinate directions are



(1.6)
(1.7)

(1.8)

where , and  are the components at the relevant point in the material of any body forces per unit

volume acting in the co-ordinate directions. The force of gravity is the most common example.

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