Mixed boundary value problem of elasticity for a quarter space

We consider the static elasticity problem for a quarter space with zero displacements on one of its surfaces and with given stresses on the other. The method for solving this problem is based on the use of newunknown functions in the formof a linear combination of the desired displacements, which reduces the system of three Lamé equations to two equations to be solved simultaneously and one equation to be solved separately. The exact solution of this problem was obtained earlier by the same method [1]. But it was shown in [2] that such a solution is exact only under certain restrictions on the given functions. In the present paper, the solution of this problem is constructed without restrictions on the given functions, which necessitates solving a one-dimensional integro-differential equation; this can be done approximately by the orthogonal polynomial method. We present numerical results obtained on the basis of our solution.