Introduction and Motivations

The active anti-roll bar system plays an important role in improving the roll stability to prevent the vehicle rollover phenomenon, especially for heavy vehicles. The content of this chapter covers the history of its creation and development, from research studies in industry and academia, as well as the roll stability characteristics of automobiles. The rollover phenomenon of heavy vehicles are summarized. Besides, the roll static stability conditions and mechanics of vehicle rollover are mentioned. The researches on the active anti-roll bar system on heavy vehicles including long combination heavy vehicles and single unit heavy vehicle are synthesized according to different research subjects such as: vehicle models, control methods. The synthesis of reputable studies on this system helps readers have a broad view and easily identify the scope of research and real application.