title: Operating conditions and assessment of the bottom background of deep-sea vehicles
abstract: The creation of competitive deep-sea soil-mining machines and complexes allows the transition to the development of deep-water deposits of polymetallic nodules and metalliferous silts, the extraction of sand and sapropel from the bottom of the sea, thus providing parity access to the mineral and energy resources of the World Ocean. The purpose of the work is to create methods and technical means for determining the strength characteristics of bottom soils in the surface layer, aimed at reducing 
journal: Pidvodni tehnologii