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Wave Propagation along Axes of Symmetry in Linearly Elastic Media with Initial Stress

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The proofs of the Fedorov–Stippes and Fedorov's theorems, which hold for linearly elastic homogeneous bodies in natural configurations, remain valid for any linearly elastic medium with initial stress provided that Hooke's tensor be replaced by a suitable elasticity tensor.

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Montanaro, A. Wave Propagation along Axes of Symmetry in Linearly Elastic Media with Initial Stress. Journal of Elasticity 46, 217–221 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007375130803

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