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constant load

constant load

constant load

(OP)
My analysis involves 2 steps....In the first step I increase a concentrated load upto a certain value at the end of the step.And in the second step I need to keep that load constant while increasing other loads throughout the step..How do I do that?Relevant part of input file is given below...Is it correct,if not please help.

**% ====== STEP NUMBER   1 ======
**%
*STEP,NLGEOM,INC=100
*STATIC,DIRECT
.01,1
**%  BOUNDARY CONDITION SET 1                
**%  RESTRAINT SET 1                         
*BOUNDARY,OP=NEW
BS000001,    1, 2,      0.00000E+00
**%  LOAD SET 1                              
*CLOAD,OP=NEW
       5448,    1, 1.0000E+07
*NSET, NSET=BS000001, GENERATE
      5428,     5429,        1
      5433,     5435,        1
      5439,     5441,        1
      5456,     5459,        1
      5498,     5535,        1
      5568,     5579,        1
      5588,     5591,        1
*NODE FILE,FREQUENCY=1,GLOBAL=YES
U,
*OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQUENCY=1
*NODE OUTPUT, NSET=ALLNODES
U,
*EL FILE, FREQUENCY=1, DIRECTIONS=YES
NFORC,
*OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQUENCY=1
*ELEMENT OUTPUT, ELSET=ALLELEMENTS
NFORC,
*END STEP
**%
**% ====== STEP NUMBER   2 ======
**%
*STEP,AMPLITUDE=RAMP,NLGEOM,INC=400
*STATIC,STABILIZE
.01,1,1e-8,.01
*SOLUTION TECHNIQUE,TYPE=QUASI-NEWTON
*CONTROLS,ANALYSIS=DISCONTINUOUS
*CONTROLS,PARAMETERS=LINE SEARCH
10,,,,.01
**%  BOUNDARY CONDITION SET 1                
**%  RESTRAINT SET 1                         
*BOUNDARY,OP=NEW
BS000001,    1, 2,      0.00000E+00
       5618,  2,,       0.20000E+00
**%  LOAD SET 1                              
*CLOAD,OP=MOD
       5448,    1, 1.0000E+07
*NODE FILE,FREQUENCY=1,GLOBAL=YES
U,RF
*OUTPUT, FIELD, FREQUENCY=1
*NODE OUTPUT, NSET=ALLNODES
U,RF
*END STEP

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