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Overview

Sergej Hloch is affiliated with the Technical University of Košice in Slovakia. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and environmental science, with particular attention to subfields such as ecological modeling, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, computational mechanics, and materials chemistry.

The main topics covered in their work include erosion and abrasive machining, particle dynamics in fluid flows, fluid dynamics and heat transfer, surface treatment and residual stress, high-temperature coating behaviors, advanced surface polishing techniques, and high-velocity impact and material behavior.

Their publication record includes articles in a number of scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Wear
  • Materials
  • The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Engineering Science and Technology an International Journal
  • Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Recent publications by Sergej Hloch include:

  • Effect of pressure of pulsating water jet moving along stair trajectory on erosion depth, surface morphology and microhardness, 2020, Wear
  • Application of the pulsating and continuous water jet for granite erosion, 2020, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Effects of liquid droplet volume and impact frequency on the integrity of Al alloy AW2014 exposed to subsonic speeds of pulsating water jets, 2021, Wear
  • Utilization of ultrasonically forced pulsating water jet decaying for bone cement removal, 2020, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
  • Surface and Subsurface Analysis of Stainless Steel and Titanium Alloys Exposed to Ultrasonic Pulsating Water Jet, 2021, Materials

Collaborations have been an important part of Hloch's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Akash Nag
  • Alice Chlupová
  • Jakub Poloprudský
  • Dagmar Klichová
  • Amit Rai Dixit

The interdisciplinary nature of Hloch's work encompasses detailed investigations into erosion mechanics and surface interactions driven by fluid dynamics. This is reflected in the strong focus on pulsating water jets and related phenomena impacting materials such as alloys, granite, stainless steel, and titanium.

Their research contributes to understanding how fluid flow and material behavior interact under conditions involving high-velocity impacts, ultrasonic forces, and pulsation effects, relevant in both industrial machining and biomedical applications.

Best Publications

  • Multi response optimization of process parameters based on Taguchi—Fuzzy model for coal cutting by water jet technology

    Vinay Sharma;Somnath Chattopadhyaya;Sergej Hloch

  • Wear Assessment of Conical Pick used in Coal Cutting Operation

    Saurabh Dewangan;Somnath Chattopadhyaya;Sergej Hloch

  • Surface geometric parameters proposal for the advanced control of abrasive waterjet technology

    Jan Valíček;Sergej Hloch;Dražan Kozak

  • Copper alloys disintegration using pulsating water jet

    D. Lehocka;J. Klich;J. Foldyna;S. Hloch

  • Determination of vibration frequency depending on abrasive mass flow rate during abrasive water jet cutting

    Pavol Hreha;Agáta Radvanská;Sergej Hloch;Vincent Peržel

  • Investigation of wear and tool life of coated carbide and cubic boron nitride cutting tools in high speed milling

    Pawel Twardowski;Stanislaw Legutko;Grzegorz M Krolczyk;Sergej Hloch

  • Roughness Parameters Calculation By Means Of On-Line Vibration Monitoring Emerging From AWJ Interaction With Material

    Pavol Hreha;Agata Radvanska;Lucia Knapcikova;Grzegorz M. Królczyk

  • Topographical anomaly on surfaces created by abrasive waterjet

    Sergej Hloch;Jan Valíček

  • Visualisation and measurement of high-speed pulsating and continuous water jets

    M. Zelenak;J. Foldyna;J. Scucka;S. Hloch

  • Ultrasonically generated pulsed water jet peening of austenitic stainless-steel surfaces

    Madhulika Srivastava;Sergej Hloch;Sergej Hloch;Rupam Tripathi;Drazan Kozak

  • Turning of wood plastic composites by water jet and abrasive water jet

    Zuzana Hutyrová;Jiří Ščučka;Sergej Hloch;Petr Hlaváček

  • Residual stress and surface properties of stainless steel welded joints induced by ultrasonic pulsed water jet peening

    Madhulika Srivastava;Sergej Hloch;Lucie Krejci;Somnath Chattopadhyaya

  • Influence of argon pollution on the weld surface morphology

    G. M. Krolczyk;P. Nieslony;J. B. Krolczyk;I. Samardzic

  • Experimental analysis of irregularities of metallic surfaces generated by abrasive waterjet

    Jan Valíček;Milan Držík;Sergej Hloch;Miloslav Ohlídal

  • Hybrid aluminium matrix composite AWJ turning using olivine and Barton garnet

    Akash Nag;Jiří Ščučka;Petr Hlavacek;Dagmar Klichová

  • Surface integrity in tangential turning of hybrid MMC A359/B4C/Al2O3 by abrasive waterjet

    Ashish Kumar Srivastava;Ashish Kumar Srivastava;Akash Nag;Amit Rai Dixit;Sandeep Tiwari

  • Joint strength evaluation of friction stir welded Al-Cu dissimilar alloys

    Sachindra Shankar;Pedro Vilaça;Priyabrat Dash;Somnath Chattopadhyaya

  • Improvement of surface integrity of Nimonic C 263 super alloy produced by WEDM through various post-processing techniques

    Amitava Mandal;Amit Rai Dixit;S. Chattopadhyaya;A. Paramanik

  • Surface integrity and residual stress analysis of pulsed water jet peened stainless steel surfaces

    Madhulika Srivastava;Sergej Hloch;Sergej Hloch;Nenad Gubeljak;Marijana Milkovic

  • An influence of active additives on the formation of selected indicators of the condition of the X10CrNi18-8 stainless steel surface layer in MQCL conditions

    Radoslaw W. Maruda;Stanislaw Legutko;Grzegorz M. Krolczyk;Sergej Hloch

  • Using the acoustic sound pressure level for quality prediction of surfaces created by abrasive waterjet

    Jan Valíček;Sergej Hloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Somnath Chattopadhyaya
Somnath Chattopadhyaya Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad
Amit Rai Dixit
Amit Rai Dixit Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad
Grzegorz Krolczyk
Grzegorz Krolczyk Opole University of Technology
Alokesh Pramanik
Alokesh Pramanik Curtin University
Himadri Chattopadhyay
Himadri Chattopadhyay Jadavpur University

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