 Solution

At a sharp interface, continuity of velocity and traction gives, for unit incident velocity from the left,Thus $r_v=(Z_a-Z_b)/(Z_a+Z_b)$ and $t_v=2Z_a/(Z_a+Z_b)$. Normalizing the transmitted velocity by its elastic-wave energy flux gives $T_{ba}=\sqrt{Z_b/Z_a}{t}_v$, exactly the result above. Right incidence gives the reversed reflection sign and the same flux-normalized transmission. A stress reflection coefficient has the opposite sign to the velocity reflection coefficient; the convention matters.

Put $r=R_{aa}$ and $t=T_{ab}$. The incoming-to-outgoing matrix is $S_0=\left(\begin{array}{cc}r& t\\ t& -r\end{array}\right)$, with $r^2+t^2=1$. Therefore $S_0^{†}{S}_0=I$, proving equality of incoming and outgoing time-averaged flux for arbitrary coherent incident wave amplitudes, not just incidence from one side.

For all real frequencies the harmonic equations instead giveTheir right sides are equal; the diagonal terms $\pm i\omega /\beta$ have zero real contribution. ConsequentlyThe mean flux for real-part phasors is $(|{\varphi }_{+}{|}^2-|{\varphi }_{-}{|}^2)/2$. Evaluating it at the two endpoints proves exactly that total outgoing flux equals total incoming flux at every real frequency. This relies on real lossless moduli and mass density; absorption would change the identity.