laser melting to locally enhance the material properties of a metallic part. A groove inside
aluminium 1060 alloy sheet is filled with an aluminium 7075 alloy powder by AM. FSP is
then applied to the AMed region along the groove. The suggested technique creates a
heterogeneous microstructure with alternating reinforcement-enriched and matrix-enriched
regions. While the overall hardness of the stir zone (SZ) increases significantly, the …