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In this paper two uniqueness theorems for an anisotropic mixture of two linear elastic solids are established: The former concerns the mixed boundary-value problem, the latter the displacement problem. These theorems are proved for unbounded domains in the absence of artificial restrictions upon the behaviour of the unknown fields at infinity. A reciprocity theorem is also given.
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Borrelli, A., Patria, M.C. Uniqueness and reciprocity in the boundary-initial value problem for a mixture of two elastic solids occupying an unbounded domain. Acta Mechanica 46, 99–109 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01176767
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