TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19

LP 63:An Overview of an IMA System
The complexity of IMA systems provides challenges to producers (RTOS, platform,
module, and application suppliers; system and aircraft integrators), consumers
(airframe developers, airlines, crew, and maintenance), and certification
authorities (e.g., FAA, European Aviation Safety Agency, Transport Canada, and
other certification authorities).

Slide 1: The Goals of an IMA System

Slide 2: The IMA System Objective Food Chain
Slide 3: The IMA Roles

1. Name some certification authorities.

2. Define IMA

3. What is the roe of application supplier?

1. Explain about the IMA system architecture.

2. Explain about COTS

3. Describe about IMA.

1. Explain the goals of an IMA

2. Explain the IMA System Objective Food Chain.

3. Explain about the IMA roles

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 64: AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE INTEGRATION STAGES.
Development of an IMA system requires the due diligence and responsibility of all
parties to ensure that system development, assembly, verification, deployment, and
maintenance have the attributes of completeness, verifiability, consistency,
modifiability, traceability, unambiguity, and recoverability from abnormalities
within the system.

Slide 1: Integration Stage 1—Integration of RTOS and Hardware Platform

Slide 2: Integration Stage 2—Integration of a Single Application and Platform.
Slide 3: Integration Stage 3—Integration of Multiple Applications
Slide 4: Integration Stages 4 and 5.

1. Write about Integration Stage 1

2. What is added in Integration Stage 2?

3. What are the activities focus by this integration?

1. Explain about the verification procees in Stage 1

2. Explain about the testing of Integration stage 2.

3. What are the objectives of integration stage 2?

1. Explain in detail about the integration Stage 2

2. Explain in detail about the integration Stage 3

3. Explain in detail about the integration Stage 4 and5

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 65: AN OVERVIEW OF IMA SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE PHASES, RESULTS, AND COMMITMENTS.
Each phase of the IMA system development produces a set of deliverables with the
goal of supporting the installation of the final IMA system onto the aircraft or
engine and certification of that installation and of the aircraft product.

Slide 1: Specific Planning Phase and Specific Requirements Phase

Slide 2: Specific Design and Architecture Phase
Slide 3: Specific Integral Phase
Slid3 4: Commitments and Credits of the Phases.

1. What about Configuration Management?

2. What about Specific Integral Phase—Verification?

3. What about Specific Requirements Phase?

1. Explain IMA-Specific Design and Architecture Phase.

2. Explain Commitments and Credits of the Phases.

3. What are the industry guidance exists on both the system and component level?

1. Explain about Specific Planning Phase.

2. Explain about Specific Integration of Components Phase.

3. Explain about Specific Integral Phase—Problem Traceability.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 66: PLATFORM AND MODULE SUPPLIER AND RTOS SUPPLIER.
The platform and module or RTOS supplier will need to supply data and details about
the component they are offering into the IMA system.

Slide 1: Platform and Module Supplier

Slide 2: The RTOS Supplier
Slide 3: Protection and Partitioning

1. What are things needed to supply?

2. Define data coupling

3. What are the safety assessment activities taken by platform supplier?

1. What are the responsibilities of platform and module supplier?

2. What are the responsibilities of RTOS supplier?

3. What are the roles and goals of protection and partitioning?

1. Explain in detail about platform and module supplier.

2. Explain in detail about RTOS supplier.

3. Explain in detail about protection and partitioning.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 67:CONSIDERATIONS OF THE INTEGRATION ROLES.
The application supplier develops the application to be hosted on a platform module
or multiple platform modules, such as a flight control function or fuel management
function.
The application supplier develops the application to be hosted on a platform module
or multiple platform modules, such as a flight control function or fuel management
function.
The certification applicant is responsible for demonstrating compliance to the
applicable aviation regulations, and is seeking a Type Certificate (TC), Amended
TC, Supplemental TC or Amended Supplemental TC
The maintenance organization is responsible for keeping the IMA system and aircraft
airworthy (continued airworthiness).

Slide 1: APPLICATION SUPPLIER.

Slide 2: THE IMA SYSTEM INTEGRATOR
Slide 3: CERTIFICATION APPLICANT
Slide 4: CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY
Slide 5: MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION

1. What do you know by application supplier?

2. Define IMA System integrator.

3. What do you understand from certification applicant?

1. Explain about application supplier.

2. Explain about certification authority.

3. Explain about the flight crew training about IMA.

1. Explain about the aspects of IMA system developer.

2. Explain in detail about IMA system integrator

3. Explain in detail about certification applicant

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 68: THE IMA SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE PHASES, RESULTS, AND COMMITMENTS
Each phase of IMA system development produces a set of deliverables with the goal
that will result in the acceptance and approval of the final system. In developing
that total set of deliverables, the responsible parties must address all the phases
of the IMA system development life cycle.

Slide 1: The IMA-Specific Life Cycle—Planning

Slide 2: IMA-Specific Life Cycle—Requirements
Slide 3: Specific Life Cycle—Design and Architecture Features
Slide 4: Specific Life Cycle—Integration of Components
Slide 5: Specific Life Cycle—Verification

1. What is Specific Life Cycle—Planning?

2. What are the requirements of IMA-Specific Life Cycle?

3. What isthe role ofcommunication in IMA?

1. Explain about module acceptance plan.

2. Explain about the Specific Life Cycle Integration of componenets.

3. Explain about the requirements od IMA Specific Life Cycle.

1. Explain about the Specific Life Cycle Planning.

2. Explain about the Specific Life Cycle design and architecture.

3. Explain about the Specific Life Cycle verification

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 69: Specific Integral Phases
These phases include all typical phases of a federated system development life
cycle, such as but not limited to, planning, aircraft safety assessment, system
safety assessment, requirements, design, code, verification, validation,
production, and maintenance. But additional life cycle phases are needed for
effective IMA system-specific development.

Slide 1: Specific Integral Phases—Problem Traceability

Slide 2: Specific Integral Phases—Configuration Management
Slide 3: Results of the Phases
Slide 4: Commitments and Compliance Credits of the Phases
Slide 5: System Approval Considerations

1. What are the importance of traceability?

2. What is a change management process?

3. what are the additional consideration in the approval process?

1. Explain about the system approval consideration.

2. Explain about the traceablity.

3. Explain about the agreement and a change mangement process.

1. Explain in detail about the configuration management.

2. Explain in detail about the results of the phases.

3. Explain about the Commitments and Compliance Credits of the Phases.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 70: THE IMA SYSTEM INTEGRATION PRACTICES.
IMA system integration practices that may be employed for the development and
verification of an IMA system. There are a variety of approaches that can be taken
in an IMA system development, and what is best for one developer may not be
adequate for another.

Slide 1: THE CM FOR THE INTEGRATOR

Slide 2: DATA LOADERS
Slide 3: HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF IMA SYSTEMS
Slide 4: TRIAL INTEGRATION
Slide 5: MODE SWITCHING

1. What are data loaders?

2. Define health management of IMA.

3. What do you know by monitoring functions in IMA?

1. Explain about the trail integration.

2. Explain about CM for the integrator.

3. Explain about the monitoring functions in IMA.

1. Explain about the Health management of IMA system.

2. Explain about the data loaders in detail.

3. Explain about mode switching.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 71: MODELING
System models are defined as those models that simulate system behavioral aspects,
such as communication timing or memory partitioning protection. Activity models are
process models that assist in understanding that process. Both models have merit in
the development of IMA systems.

Slide 1: System Modeling—Worst-Case Execution Time

Slide 2: System Modeling—Communications
Slide 3: Activity Modeling—Integration
Slide 4: Activity Modeling—Traceability
Slide 5: Activity Modeling—Plans

1. Define system model.

2. Define activity model.

3. What is WCET?

1. What are the difference between activity and system model?

2. Explain about Activity Modeling—Integration.

3. Explain about Activity Modeling—Traceability.

1. Explain about System Modeling—Worst-Case Execution Time.

2. Explain about System Modeling—Communications.

3. Explain about Activity Modeling—Plans.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 72: THE IMA INTEGRATION TOOLS
Tools are used to help develop and verify the resultant IMA system and are a
necessary part of any complex system development. Although tool use is encouraged,
and almost mandatory in some cases, the tool’s output may require qualification of
some type to ensure the tool’s accuracy and associated dependencies on that tool.

Slide 1: TRACEABILITY TOOLS

Slide 2: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT TOOLS.
Slide 3: DATA AND CONTROL COUPLING TOOLS
Slide 4: RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND ARCHITECTURE ANALYSIS DESIGN TOOLS.
Slide 5: COMMUNICATION MODELING TOOLS

1. Define coupling.

2. What is Production configuration control?

3. What are the tools yet to consider?

1. Explain about temporal modelling tools.

2. Explain communication modelling tools.

3. Explain resource management and Architecture analysis design tools.

1. Explain data and control coupling tool.

2. Explain about configuration management tool.

3. Explain about traceability tools in detail.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 73: IMA SYSTEMS - ENVIRONMENTAL
The IMA system must accommodate the full range of environment conditions
encountered by the system. Consideration should be given to the final physical
environment, as well as the maintenance and upgrade attributes of the IMA system.

Slide 1: Physical Environment

Slide 2: Development Environment
Slide 3: Integration Environment.

1. What are the environmental conditions should be considered in the design,

development, and testing of IMA systems?

2. How IMA detects faults due to the environment?

3. What are the applicable test procedures for airborne equipment?

1. What are the tools and components used in development and verification?

2. Explain the test procedures for airborne equipment.

3. Explain aabout the components used for development environment.

1. List out the series of minimum standard environmental test conditions.

2. Explain in detail about the development environment.

3. Explain about Integration Environment.

TURBINE AEROPLANE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS Aviation Maintenance Technician

Certification Series Aircraft Technical Book Company, Sub Module - 19
LP 74: IMA SYSTEMS - HARDWARE
The platform supplier may have provided power management for optional load shedding
at start-up or shutdown, or there may be electrical power limitations and
assumptions. Interface limitations or bus capacities may also be in place.

Slide 1: Platform.
Slide 2: Central Processor Units
Slide 3: Memory

1. What is interrupt mechanism?

2. Define memory.

3. What is the role of CPU?

1. What are the fatures of CPU?

2. What are the difference between RAM andROM?

3. What are the types of memory?

1. Explain in detail about RTOS platform.

2. Explain in detail about CPU consideration in IMA.

3. Explain about memory used in IMA.