Cascading failure is common in power grids when one of the elements fails (completely or partially) and shifts its load to nearby elements … See more

Certain load-bearing structures with discrete structural components can be subject to the "zipper effect", where the failure of a single structural member increases the load … See more

Diverse infrastructures such as water supply, transportation, fuel and power stations are coupled together and depend on each other for … See more

A model for cascading failures due to overload propagation is the Motter–Lai model. See more

Cascading failures can also occur in computer networks (such as the Internet) in which network traffic is severely impaired or halted to or between larger sections of the network, caused by failing or disconnected hardware or software. In this context, the … See more

Biology
Biochemical cascades exist in biology, where a small reaction can have system-wide implications. One negative example is ischemic cascade, in which a small ischemic attack releases toxins which kill off far more cells … See more

• Blackouts
• Brittle system
• Butterfly effect
• Byzantine failure
• Cascading rollback
• Chain reaction See more