Patent ID: 8790045
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: E02D

Abstract:
1. A facing element for use in a stabilized soil structure, the facing element comprising: a front face and a rear face extending along a longitudinal direction X and an elevation direction Z; and a body between said front and rear faces, said body comprising at least a hollow part with an opening on the rear face wherein a cylindrical core is cohesive with the body and arranged at least partly in the hollow part to form an anchoring region for a fill reinforcement strip, wherein the cylindrical core extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction X and has a cross section, in a plane (Y, Z) perpendicular to the plane (X, Z), made of two continuous parts separated by a virtual straight line along the direction Z, wherein the first part has a continuously decreasing size in the direction Y from the virtual straight line to an extremity substantially directed opposite to the rear face of the facing element, and the second part has a continuously constant and/or decreasing size from the virtual straight line to an extremity of the second part directed to said rear face, and wherein: where: L d A is the area of the cross section of the cylindrical core in the plane (Y, Z).