RBI HYDRAULIC BREAKER USER MANUAL. 2. How the Tool Breaks Rock. The following paragraphs describe what happens to break rock when the piston strikes the tool. (A)Contact-Initial Compression Stress Wave. When the piston (1) strikes the top of the tool (2), it sends a compressive stress wave (3) down to the.
And Counter means counter, exactly as in English. Poise means weight. So the word literally means counterweight and that is what a counterpoise is in an antenna system, where it was originally used. Simply put, a ground plane that the antenna system could mirror itself in.
Antenna Definitions. A Balun is used to balance unbalanced systems - i.e. those where power flows from an unbalanced line to a balanced line (hence, balun derives from balance to unbalanced). As an example, consider a coaxial cable connected to a half-wave dipole antenna shown in Figure 1. Figure 1.