Angular momentum about com

I was thinking that what could possibly be the angular momentum about centre of mass of a rod of mass M and length L hinged about it's one end and rotating with angular velocity W....unable to think help!

• "angular momentum about centre of mass " while "hinged about it's one end"? – Steeven Oct 17 '16 at 18:50
• As Steeven points out, your question is contradictory. Have you done an internet search for moment of inertia J of rod? Angular momentum is $L=J\omega$. – sammy gerbil Oct 17 '16 at 20:36
• but it would have angular momentum that may or may not be 0 about any point in space so how is it contradictory ..? – Yash Awasthi Oct 18 '16 at 13:01

A rod rotating with $\vec{\omega}$ is hinged on one side at point A. The center of mass is at point C.
1. The velocity of the center of mass is $\vec{v}_C = \vec{\omega} \times \vec{r}_{AC}$
2. The linear momentum of the rod is $\vec{p} = m \vec{v}_C$
3. The angular momentum about the com is $\vec{L}_C = {\rm I}_C \vec{\omega}$
4. The angular momentum about the pin is $\vec{L}_A = \vec{L}_C + \vec{r}_{AC} \times \vec{p}$
5. The MMOI about the pin is found from the angular momentum about the pin $$\vec{L}_A = {\rm I}_C \vec{\omega} + m \vec{r}_{AC} \times \vec{\omega} \times \vec{r}_{AC} = {\rm I}_A \vec{\omega}$$