Direct numerical simulations (DNS) have been performed to study the effects of the gravitational and the centrifugal potentials on the stability of heated, incompressible Tyalor-Cuette flow. The flow is confined between two differentially heated, concentric cylinders and the inner cylinder is allowed to rtate. The Navier-Stokes equatiolns and the coupled energy equation are solved using a spectral method. To validate the code, comparisons are made with existing linear stability analysis and with experiments. The code is used to calculate the local and average heat transfer coefficients for a fixed Reynolds number (Re cheical bounds 100) and a range of Grashof numbers. The variation of the local coefficients of heat transfer on the cylinder surface is investigated, and maps showing different stable states of the flow are presented. Results are also pre-sented in terms of the equivalent conductivity and show that heat transfer decreases with Grashof number in axisymmetric Taylor vortex flow regimne and increases with Grashof number after the flow becomes non-exysymmetric.
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