Equilibrium configuration of a rectangular obstacle immersed in a channel flow (Q2214472)

This is an interesting paper in which symmetry breaking of an equilibrum configuration or a rectangular body emmersed in a viscous channel flow (Poiseuille flow at infinity) is ruled out at low Reynolds number. The body can either be pinned so that it can only be displaced vertically in the channel, or else pinned so that it can only rotate. The situation is supposed to model a suspended bridge. The equilibrium position is found to be independent of the driving parameters (Reynolds and Poiseuille amplitude) in its regime of uniqueness.