The unstirred layer during osmotic flow into a tubule (Q1111432)

The interaction between osmotic inflow through the wall of a narrow tubule and bulk flow in the tubule is described. Solutions are found by a finite difference method, and two approximate analytic solutions are given. Results given here enable more accurate estimates of osmotic permeability to be obtained for the tubule wall. The theory predicts the behaviour of unstirred layers as experimental parameters are varied and enables tubule experiments to be designed so as to reduce unwanted unstirred layer effects.