The invention relates to a variable-
diameter wheel hub which comprises a central control cabinet and a plurality of identical retractable hub blocks. The various retractable hub blocks can be driven by retractable
spoke assemblies, so that the diameters of the various retractable hub blocks can be radially varied; each retractable
spoke assembly comprises a variable-damping retraction actuating mechanism and an extension auxiliary spring, and each extension auxiliary spring sleeves the outer wall of the corresponding variable-damping retraction actuating mechanism; a body of each variable-damping retraction actuating mechanism is a double-
piston cylinder
barrel, spaces between floating pistons and end walls of
barrel walls are filled with high-pressure
nitrogen, and a space between each floating
piston and another end wall of the corresponding
barrel wall is filled with
magnetorheological fluid materials; an
electromagnetic coil is buried in each working
piston, and a circle of
throttle holes are formed in each working piston in a buried manner; one end of each wire is communicated with the corresponding
electromagnetic coil, and the other end of each wire is communicated with a storage battery. The variable-
diameter wheel hub has the advantages that the
diameter of the variable-diameter wheel hub can be varied by the aid of the
dead weight of an automobile and
centrifugal force generated when a wheel runs, extra driving devices can be omitted, the
viscosity of
magnetorheological fluid can be controlled by the aid of only low currents, and accordingly the variable-diameter wheel hub is low in
energy consumption and fast in response; the riding comfort and the
obstacle crossing ability are taken into account, and accordingly the variable-diameter wheel hub and non-
inflatable tires can be matched with one another to be applied to conventional vehicles, motorcycles, wheelbarrows and the like.