1. A method of predicting stresses on a boiling water reactor (BWR) steam dryer, comprising: acquiring pressure data from a BWR scale model system using at least one of a pressure transducer and a microphone at the BWR scale model system, the pressure data being empirical data; creating an analytical acoustic model of a BWR steam system; generating pressure estimations by inputting the empirical data into the analytical acoustic model of the BWR steam system; creating an analytical structural model of the BWR steam dryer; and predicting stresses on the BWR steam dryer using the analytical structural model and the pressure estimations.