A numerical model of direct-acting piezo-injectors for Diesel engines has been set up. It includes electrical, mechanical and hydraulic submodels. The core of the simulation tool is the FEM submodel of the piezoelectric stack. The accurate modeling of the piezo-stack in direct-acting injectors is of great importance because the piezo-actuator is mechanically coupled to the needlevalve during the nozzle opening phase and thus its dynamics can affect the injected flow-rate to a great extent. The electric and mechanical hysteresis loops of the PZT were not taken into account in the FEM submodel. In fact, the stack is charge controlled and the measured current time history is provided as boundary condition to the FEM submodel. Furthermore, since NCD was higher than the time required to discharge the piezo-stack in all the tests considered for the present investigation, the needle was detached from the piezo-actuator during its downstroke and not affected by the piezo-stack discharge dynamics. In general, the validation tests, which were performed under different injector operative conditions, showed an adequate degree of accuracy of the developed model in capturing the macroscopic phenomena of the working of the injection system.