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The author studies the equilibrium problem of a~two-phase medium with deformation energy functional \[ I(u,\chi,\tau)=\int\limits_{\Omega} \bigl[\chi(\langle A^+\xi,\xi\rangle -\tau) +(1-\chi)\langle A^-(\xi-\zeta),\xi-\zeta\rangle\bigr] dx. \] Here \(u\) is the displacement field, \(\chi\) is the characteristic function whose support coincides with the set occupied by the first phase, \(\tau\) is the temperature, \(A^{\pm}\) are symmetric linear operators acting in the space of \(m\times m\)-matrices, \(\xi=(\xi_{ij})\), \(\xi_{ij}={1/2}(u^i_{x_j}+u^j_{x_i})\), \(\zeta=(\zeta_{ij})\) is the residual stress tensor, \(\Omega\subset \mathbb R^m\). This energy functional may fail to attain its minimum on the set of admissible functions \(\{(u,\chi):u\in\overset\circ{W}^{1}_2(\Omega,\mathbb R^m)\), \(\chi \text{ is measurable}\}\). To guarantee the existence of an equilibrium, the energy functional is regularized. The author considers a~new regularization by means of the extra integral of the second derivatives \[ I(u,\chi,\tau,\sigma)= I(u,\chi,\tau)+\sigma\biggl( \int\limits_{\Omega}|\Delta u|^2dx\biggr)^{p/2}, \quad \sigma>0, \;0<p<1. \] Dependence of an equilibrium on the parameter ~\(\sigma\) and temperature is studied. Comparison is given between the results of this article and those obtained from another regularization accounting for the interface energy.