 Thermal conductivity tensor (source code)

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= Thermal conductivity tensor
{title2=$\mathbf q=-a\nabla T$}

The thermal conductivity tensor maps a temperature gradient to the negative heat-flux density. In passive reciprocal conduction it is symmetric positive definite. This permits direction-dependent transport while ensuring positive dissipated energy.

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