Roll moment

Roll moment is a moment, which is a product of a force and a distance, that tends to cause a vehicle to roll, that is to rotate about its longitudinal axis.[1]

  1. ^ Daniel Vilela; Roberto Spinola Barbosa (2011). "Analytical models correlation for vehicle dynamic handling properties". Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 33 (4). J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. & Eng. vol.33 no.4 Rio de Janeiro: 437–444. doi:10.1590/S1678-58782011000400007. With the effective rolling arm Hr defined, it is possible to calculate the roll moment Troll applied to the vehicle due to the lateral acceleration imposed: Troll = MaLHr