Abstract A mayor distress on asphalt mixtures occur due to the physical separation of asphalt cement and the aggregate produced by adhesion failure. This phenomenon is called stripping. The causes that produce stripping are not yet fully understood. This paper des-cribes the influence of asphalt cement on stripping which is due only to water effect. Indirect strength tensile tests were performed on two hot asphalt mixtures with two different asphalt cements (AC 80-100 and AC 60-70). There is a change of consistency in asphalt cement when it is saturated with water, and this change affects asphalt cement-granular aggregate connection. Palabras clave Desprendimiento, mezclas asfalticas, efecto del agua, cemento asfaltico. Key words Stripping, asphalt mixture, water effect, asphalt cement. Resumo Um dos principais problemas que as misturas asfalticas sofrem in situ ocorre quando o ligante asfaltico se separa do agregado petreo devido a presenca de agua. Este fenomeno identifica-se com o nome de