Overall Thermal Conductivity of Three different layers

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How to calculate the overall conductivity of three layers bonded with each other having different thermal conductivities?
Overall thermal conductivity?
for example, there are 3 layers made of different materials, having different thermal conductivities bonded with each other;
conductivity of layer 1= k_1 = 1 W/m-K
thickness of layer 1= t_1 = 0.004 m

conductivity of layer 2= k_2 = 148 W/m-K
thickness of layer 2= t_2 = 0.0003 m

conductivity of layer 3= k_3 = 0.23 W/m-K
thickness of layer 3= t_3 = 0.004 m
 
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You should calculate thermal resistance of each layer, sum up resistances end recalculate compound conductivity from the sum.
 
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