Active Anti Roll Bar

1. The anti roll bar will have a variable roll stiffness using the change in bending strength of the
blades.
2. This change is aimed to be achieved by the change in the area moment of inertia of the blades
by rotating them about the neutral axis.
3. This rotation will be achieved by a worm gear setup driven by a servo motor using a micro
controller
4. QUICK CHANGE OF LT BALANCE- The change in the roll stiffness will help quickly change the
steady state roll resistance balance of the car thus giving a change in the load transfer
distribution quickly and thus requiring no need of the stopping the car and waiting for the setup
to change which also avoids the possibility of increased heat cycles given to the tyres, thus,
degrading their life and performance over decreased life.
5. INCREASED MECHANICAL GRIP IN SOME PARTS OF THE TRACK- Another possibility using this
automated setup is to have the ARB set to soft in straights, thus, increasing the mechanical grip
in straight line in some parts of the track giving that extra edge.
6. ACTIVE YAW CONTROL- This automated setup can also be used to provide active yaw control
with a feedback loop. This loop consists of reading from the gyro and steering wheel rotation
sensor as a basic. For example, when the driver experiences a large amount of understeer such
that he starts giving greater steering input instinctively being an amateur, the gyro will sense a
lesser increase in the yaw velocity as compared to the steering input and so the micto controller
as programmed will send a signal to the blade servos to quickly shift the roll balance to the rear,
thus, providing with a quick decrease in understeer gradient at a fixed roll gradient thus not
upsetting the car. This sounds quite amazing in theory but only rear testing will reveal how quick
the system is and is it feasible enough to be implemented (depending upon the response of the
system, increase of sensors, etc.)