Stresses in bulk high-temperature superconductors (HTSs) are numerically evaluated during magnetization process by field cooling. Shielding current distributions are obtained through macroscopic numerical simulation using Maxwell equations and critical state model. Stress distributions are obtained through numerical analysis using finite-element method. Maximum stresses are evaluated from experimental results of destruction of the bulk HTS. Differences between one-dimensional and axisymmetric three-dimensional solutions are discussed for the stress distributions. Values and positions of the maximum stresses are affected by fixed conditions of the bulk HTS. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.