A new theory of two-temperature generalized thermoelasticity is constructed
in the context of a new consideration of dual-phase-lag heat conduction with fractional
orders. The theory is then adopted to study thermoelastic interaction in an isotropic homogenous
semi-infinite generalized thermoelastic solids with variable thermal conductivity
whose boundary is subjected to thermal and mechanical loading. The basic equations of the
problem have been written in the form of a vector-matrix differential equation in the Laplace
transform domain, which is then solved by using a state space approach. The inversion of
Laplace transforms is computed numerically using the method of Fourier series expansion
technique. The numerical estimates of the quantities of physical interest are obtained and
depicted graphically. Some comparisons of the thermophysical quantities are shown in figures
to study the effects of the variable thermal conductivity, temperature discrepancy, and
the fractional order parameter.