Speculative Materials Science/Physics

Griffith Criteria for Fracture

A fracture mechanics principle relating critical stress to surface energy and crack length, applied here to Planck-length cracks in spacetime.

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A.A. Griffith

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Squeeze Too Much Energy In and a Horizon Forms →

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Spacetime Fracture Mechanics

Spacetime can be treated as an elastic material with a surface energy and a critical stress limit (Planck force). Exceeding this limit causes 'fracture' or horizon formation.