Introduction
Conduction is the transport of energy in a medium due to a temperature gradient, governed by Fourier's law. Understanding temperature distribution is crucial for calculating heat flux. This law is applicable to transient, multidimensional conduction in complex geometries, and it is limited to simplified conditions like one-dimensional, steady-state conduction in a plane wall.
To approach this subject, students must have acquired sufficient knowledge in differential equations (as pre-requisites).