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Optimal bounds for the effective energy of a mixture of isotropic, incompressible, elastic materials

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Kohn, R.V., Lipton, R. Optimal bounds for the effective energy of a mixture of isotropic, incompressible, elastic materials. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 102, 331–350 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00251534

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