Ramp model

The model:

$u(r)=\left\{{\begin{array}{ll}\infty &{\rm {if}}\;r<\sigma \\W_{r}-(W_{r}-W_{a}){\frac {r-\sigma }{d_{a}-\sigma }}&{\rm {if}}\;\sigma \leq r\leq d_{a}\\W_{a}-W_{a}{\frac {r-d_{a}}{d_{c}-d_{a}}}&{\rm {if}}\;d_{a}<r\leq d_{c}\\0&{\rm {if}}\;r>d_{c}\end{array}}\right.$

where $W_{r}>0$ and $W_{u}<0$.

References

• P. C. Hemmer and G. Stell "Fluids with Several Phase Transitions", Physical Review Letters 24 pp. 1284 - 1287 (1970)
• G. Stell and P. C. Hemmer, "Phase Transitions Due to Softness of the Potential Core", Journal of Chemical Physics' 56, pp. 4274-4286 (1972)
• E. A. Jagla "Core-softened potentials and the anomalous properties of water", Journal of Chemical Physics' 111, pp. 8980-8986 (1999)