The phrase "a sequence of failure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of unsuccessful attempts or events that lead to failure.
Example: "After experiencing a sequence of failure in his projects, he decided to reevaluate his approach and seek advice from mentors."
Alternatives: "a series of failures" or "a chain of failures".
"Rather, a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties led to the explosion and fire which killed 11 people and caused widespread pollution in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year".
According to the company, a "sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" was to blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Instead, "a sequence of failures involving a number of different parties" led to the explosion which killed 11 people and caused the leak.
There are undoubtedly many different features joined in any one of the proposals, and even a sequence of failures may not show where to place the blame.
In the PSO approach a set of agents move within the space of the two Weibull parameters: in correspondence of each location of each agent the corresponding distribution is computed and a sequence of failures is Monte Carlo sampled.
Cascade failures can be described as a sequence of failures in the power system that occur one after another and each failure occurs because of the consequences of the previous failures, e.g. a sequence of line trips due to violation of thermal limits.
The famine centred on a sequence of harvest failures in 1315, 1316 and 1321, combined with an outbreak of murrain, a sickness amongst sheep and oxen in 1319 21 and the fatal ergotism, a fungus amongst the remaining stocks of wheat.
A possible sequence of failure initiation and propagation was proposed based on SEM and optical microscopy observations of failed specimens.
In the case of St. Gaudenzio, these works apparently produced new damage, in an impressive sequence of failure and interventions.
