Concerning the description of long nonlinear waves in channels

A method of deriving the equations that describe long nonlinear waves in channels of arbitrary cross section, taking the transverse acceleration of fluid particles into account (the Boussinesq approximation), is proposed. For channels of certain cross sections the equations are written in explicit form. In the case of narrow channels the Boussinesq equations and those of the next approximation are written in explicit form for arbitrary cross sections.