Structural Fracture Theory

Structural Fracture Theory proposes that gravitational energy is stored as local curvature tension. When this tension exceeds a structural threshold, the geometry fractures, opening a void whose residual tension relaxes and increases the void’s proper volume. Global expansion is identified with the volume-weighted sum of these relaxations. The theory introduces neither a cosmological constant nor an auxiliary dark-energy fluid, and the geometry never passes through a state of infinite density. Ordinary gravitational dynamics are recovered wherever the tension threshold is not crossed. The account is limited to this mechanical sequence.