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Effective length of a clamped beam as a function of the dimensionless stiffness Ω. The thickness of the line is proportional to the standard deviation of Le(τ) and reveals the extent to which it is time independent and well defined. Insets represent the beam deformation over time for two different values of Ω. The effective length is defined as the distance between the tip of the beam and the intersection of green (light grey) lines with the horizontal. (Online version in colour.)
