On the Stress‐Function Approaches of Boussinesq and Timpe to the Axisymmetric Problem of Elasticity Theory

In the first part of this note the stress‐function approaches of Boussinesq and Timpe to the rotationally symmetric problem in the classical theory of elasticity are referred to general orthogonal axisymmetric curvilinear co‐ordinates. Although the underlying computations are of a routine character, it is felt that the presentation of the final results may serve a useful purpose. In the second part of the note, a connection between the two stress‐function approaches is established.