Published radial clearance inputs — October 4, 2026

Open a .bearing file in an updated Bearing Maven source build, retain Frictionless
contact (level 1) and Balance contact forces, then Solve. The document saves both
choices. App Examples offers all eighteen native website documents.

The six Hou cases recover the published loaded-ball counts and closely match
peak loads. Individual small loads can differ: +0.015 mm / 5000 N at 80 degrees
is 0.297 N versus 0.215 N; -0.010 mm / 1000 N at 120 degrees is 33.955 N versus
34.469 N. See the comparison JSON for all balls and independent force sums.

NASA finite ten-ball equilibrium gives 335.352493 N using its rounded stiffness;
Maven gives 335.679327 N. The printed approximate St=5.499 gives 344.7873 N and
belongs to a different method. Materials/elliptics differ. Life, lubrication,
thermal, fitted and dynamic behavior are not qualified by these comparisons.
