Establishing the Method to Predict the Limited Roll Angle of the Vehicle Based on the Basic Dimensions

Abstract

The roll angle of the vehicle φ is a characteristic parameter for the vehicle's instability. This value appears when the vehicle steers. If the vehicle’s body is tilted, the value of the vertical force at the wheels Fzij will also change. When the value of Fzij reaches zero, the wheel will be lifted off the road, the rollover phenomenon can occur. At this time, the roll angle of the vehicle will reach the maximum value φmax. Previous researches have often used only the vehicle dynamics model to determine the limits of this phenomenon. However, the calculation and simulation process are quite complicated. Therefore, this research has proposed a novel method that can calculate the limit of the rollover phenomenon more easily. In this research, the Rollover State Function (RSF) was established to calculate the limited roll angle of the vehicle. According to the content of the paper, this function depends only on the basic dimensions of the vehicle such as the height of center of the gravity, the track width, etc. Besides, it has relatively high accuracy, even when the vehicle's mass changes, its difference is not large. Therefore, the results of the paper can be applied to later studies to predict the rollover phenomenon.