AN EXPLICIT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STEADY-STATE SIZE DISTRIBUTION AND BREAKAGE KERNEL FOR LIMITED BREAKAGE PROCESSES

The steady-state particle-size distribution is examined, resulting fro m a breakage process with a maximum stable size. If the latter is much smaller than the characteristic size of the initial distribution, the steady-state distribution for continuous breakage kernels is independ ent of the breakage frequency and of initial conditions and is shown t o be a simple function of the breakage kernel. For discontinuous kerne ls, the steady-state size distribution is always dependent on the init ial conditions.