Tip-force compliance of a cantilever ($h(L)/f=L^3/(3A)$)

For a clamped elastic filament of filament bending modulus $A$, a transverse tip force $f$ gives $h(x)=f{x}^2(3L-x)/(6A)$ in the small-slope model. Thus $h(L)/f=L^3/(3A)$. This differs from the effective tip stiffness under a distributed load. The zero-load Gaussian response reproduces the thermal bending fluctuations of a clamped filament, $⟨h(L{)}^2⟩=k_{B}T{L}^3/(3A)$ for one transverse coordinate.