TY - JFULL AU - C. Guven and M. Tufekci and E. Bayik and O. Gedik and M. Tas PY - 2015/11/ TI - Experimental Verification and Finite Element Analysis of a Sliding Door System Used in Automotive Industry T2 - International Journal of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering SP - 1713 EP - 1718 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002438 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 106, 2015 N2 - A sliding door system is used in commercial vehicles and passenger cars to allow a larger unobstructed access to the interior for loading and unloading. The movement of a sliding door on vehicle body is ensured by mechanisms and tracks having special cross-section which is manufactured by roll forming and stretch bending process. There are three tracks and three mechanisms which are called upper, central and lower on a sliding door system. There are static requirements as strength on different directions, rigidity for mechanisms, door drop off, door sag; dynamic requirements as high energy slam opening-closing and durability requirement to validate these products. In addition, there is a kinematic requirement to find out force values from door handle during manual operating. In this study, finite element analysis and physical test results which are realized for sliding door systems will be shared comparatively. ER -