The invention relates to the technical field of
underwater vehicle detection, and discloses a self-adaptive
underwater vehicle suitable for an
estuary high-
salinity and high-
turbidity environment and a detection method, and the vehicle integrates an environment
perception module, a density inversion module, an acoustic configuration module, a
buoyancy control module, a silent observation module and the like. By fusing the temperature-
salinity-depth and acoustic backscattering data, the additional density caused by the suspended
sediment is inverted, and a total environment density parameter is constructed; according to the parameter, a variable
buoyancy system is driven by feedforward
control logic to adjust the
drainage volume, and
buoyancy fluctuation caused by density abrupt change is counteracted in advance. The
system dynamically switches the acoustic detection frequency according to the local
turbidity and corrects the time-varying
gain curve;
cutting off propelling power in a neutral hovering state to enter a silent drifting mode, and executing
sediment flux observation without mechanical disturbance. According to the invention, the problems of buoyancy adjustment
lag, acoustic
signal attenuation and propulsion disturbance in the complex
water body of the
estuary are effectively solved, and the dynamic stability and the
observation data quality are remarkably improved.