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.
Since that kind of mimics the topology of a true counterpoise antenna grounding grid, perhaps the term 'counterpoise' was borrowed by some power (more likely the Tower people, who would be the common link between the antenna work and the power work).