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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 July 2009
In this paper we investigate the mathematical model of the equilibrium of a finite volume in ℝn (n = 1,2, 3) of a two-phase continuous medium, under the assumption that each pure phase is an isotropic elastic solid. The main results in this paper are:
(i) the existence and uniqueness of a solution of this mathematical model;
(ii) a discussion of the stress-strain law associated with the free energy of this two-phase continuous medium, which is multiple-valued due to the non-smoothness of the Gibbs potential (complementary energy);
(iii) a description of the structure of solutions in plane strain.