Date of Award

Summer 8-3-2026

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Mathematics and Statistics

First Advisor

Vincent Martinez

Second Advisor

Aseel Farhat

Academic Program Adviser

Vincent Martinez

Abstract

Since their inception in the 1970s, shell models have proved to be a fruitful testbed for studying theories of turbulence. This thesis considers variations of two classical shell models: the Gledzer–Ohkitani–Yamada (GOY) model and the Sabra model. Up to conjugacy classes, we classify all possible GOY-type and Sabra-type models. We numerically approximate the scaling exponents for the newly identified models and develop their mathematical well-posedness.

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