Silly #physics question and I am sure I know the answer.
On TV shows, a window, under pressure (in space or under water, whatever) is often depicted as cracking, then cracking some more, and then blowing totally, over a dramatic period of several seconds.
But surely once pressure is enough to crack, the cracked window is now substantially less resistant to the pressure and so will instantly cascade to more cracks and blow, all within fractions of a second.
Yes?
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