The phrase "a localized breakdown of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a specific failure or malfunction occurring in a particular area or context.
Example: "The engineers reported a localized breakdown of the system, affecting only the northern region."
Alternatives: "a specific failure of" or "a regional malfunction of".
It is possible that localized breakdown of the blood-brain barrier could increase local brain levels of selective growth factors and thus contribute to the wound healing process.
No evidence of localized breakdown of the oxide layers is found for polarizations more positive than those encountered in the human body.
Silencing MMP2 in primary AF cells abolished gelatinolytic activity in the vicinity of cells, implicating MMP-2 as the primary physiologic gelatinase responsible for localized breakdown of gelatin but of little relevance in distant matrix degradation.
The effect of donor density, ND on the critical localized breakdown potential, Eb of the passivity on Ti was investigated in bromide-containing aqueous solutions.
At a separation distance of 250 μm, the maximum tensile stress in the "new" design was of similar magnitude to the flexural strength of the alumina material that supports the localized breakdown (stripe wear) of the acetabular cup surface observed clinically.
The stable localized breakdown induced by bromides manifested itself in potentiodynamic current-potential curves by a sudden current increase at Eb.
Pitting corrosion is a localized accelerated dissolution of metal that occurs as a result of a breakdown in the protective passive film on the metal surface.
Dismissing the phone-hacking scandal as a localized outbreak of criminality, he questioned the very need for a public inquiry.
None of the physicians could explain what would cause a localized outbreak of an autoimmune condition.
