1. Fundamental modes of heat transfer
1.1 Conductive transfers
Conduction is the unique mode of heat transfer in solids. In a homogeneous parallelepipedic medium (figure
1
) subjected to a temperature difference ( T
1
– T
2
), the thermal power transiting along the x direction is expressed by :
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