Theplowofthesubmarineplowingtrencherisoneofthemainfunctionalmechanisms,anditsoptimizationisveryimportant.Thedesignparametersplayaverysignificantroleindeterminingtherequirementsofthetowingforceofavessel.Amulti-objectivegeneticalgorithmbasedonanalyticalmodelsoftheplowsurfacehasbeenexaminedandappliedineffortstoobtainoptimaldesignoftheplow.Foraspecificsoilcondition,thedraftforceandmoldboardsurfaceareawhicharethekeyparametersintheworkingprocessoftheplowareoptimizedbyfindingthecorrespondingoptimalvaluesoftheplowbladepenetrationangleandtwosurfaceanglesofthemaincuttingbladeoftheplow.Parameterssuchasthemoldboardsideangleofdeviation,moldboardliftangle,angularvariationofthetangentline,andthespanninglengtharealsoanalyzedwithrespecttotheforceofthemoldboardsurfacealongsoilflowdirection.Resultsshowthattheoptimizedplowhasanimprovedplowperformance.Thedraftforcesofthemaincuttingbladeandthemoldboardare10.6%and7%,respectively,lessthantheoriginaldesign.ThestandarddeviationofGaussiancurvatureofmoldboardisloweredby64.5%,whichimpliesthatthesmoothnessoftheoptimizedmoldboardsurfaceismuchgreaterthantheoriginal.
