Dewar, RobertHole, MatthewMcGann, MathewMills, RuthHudson, Stuart R2009-05-212010-12-202009-05-212010-12-20Entropy 10.4 (2008): 621-6341099-4300http://hdl.handle.net/10440/295http://digitalcollections.anu.edu.au/handle/10440/295The concept of plasma relaxation as a constrained energy minimization is reviewed. Recent work by the authors on generalizing this approach to partially relaxed threedimensional plasma systems in a way consistent with chaos theory is discussed, with a view to clarifying the thermodynamic aspects of the variational approach used. Other entropy-related approaches to finding long-time steady states of turbulent or chaotic plasma systems are also briefly reviewed.14 pageshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/search.php "Author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing), … [and] post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) … [and] publisher's version/PDF … Published source must be acknowledged Creative Commons Attribution License" - from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 01/03/10)PlasmaFusionRelaxationChaosTurbulence2008-11-1410.3390/e100406212015-12-08