The Hierarchy Problem—the abyssal gap of approximately 42 orders of magnitude between the strength of electromagnetism and gravity—represents one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the Standard Model. This paper offers an exact analytical resolution to this problem through the Hydro-Elastic Model (HEM). By defining our universe as a 3D phase membrane with a fundamental thickness of the Planck length (lp) embedded in a 4D space, we demonstrate that the difference between these forces is not a fundamental anomaly, but a classical engineering manifestation of continuum mechanics. Applying Kirchhoff-Love thin plate theory, we deduce that the ratio between in-plane shear stress (electromagnetism) and transverse bending (gravity) is exactly proportional to the square of the ratio of the Compton wavelength to the Planck length. Our analytical derivation matches the empirically measured force ratio between two electrons to 10 decimal places, thereby reducing the Hierarchy Problem to pure spatial geometry. This short communication is based on the comprehensive theoretical framework 'The Universe as a Hydro-Elastic 4D Mechanism' (Archived at Zenodo: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19616545).
Tomáš Novotný (2026) studied this question.