Rollover dynamics of road vehicles: Literature survey

This paper presents a review of literature pertaining to vehicular rollover . It is by no means a complete review of all rollover literature available, but covers many of the most frequently cited papers and those that the aut hor believes make a substantial contribution to the field of vehicle dynami cs and rollover in particular. This review is limited to papers covering ro llover of road vehicles, such as passenger cars, utility vehicles and heavy commercial trucks - both articulated and non-articulated, i.e. the review excludes papers regarding off-road vehicles. In addition, this review focus es mainly on cases of manoeuvre induced rollover such as rollover in corner ing, lane-change manoeuvres, etc., though rollover by tripping is discussed to a certain degree. It begins with a general introduction to the rollover phenomenon that may be applied to both articulated and non-articulated veh icles. Non-articulated vehicles are then examined in more detail and a revi ew of some research into stability metrics and the prediction of rollover f or these vehicles is presented. Likewise, the stability metrics and predict ion of rollover for articulated heavy trucks carrying rigid and liquid carg o is reviewed along with work into active suspensions, braking control and rollover warning devices.