The stresses in the plasma-facing components of PULSAR were evaluated by the ANSYS finite element code. The use of three-dimensional elements was ruled out due to their computational burden. However, two-dimensional elements, as given, are unable to simulate the desired boundary conditions because the out-of-plane strains of different elements cannot be coupled to each other. Out-of-plane thermal strains can be calculated once the temperature distribution is known, but to accurately include poisson effects in the model a different approach is needed. This approach is to first compute the model with no out-of-plane strains. Then use the resulting temperature and 2-D stress distribution to determine the out-of-plane strains. Finally, apply loads to the model so as to simulate the out-of-plane strains. If accurate poisson effects are important, they can be determined by iterating this procedure.