I am trying to do some stress relaxation experiments on my polymer samples (rectangular films) and I need to know the standard sample dimensions and the percentage of strain that I need to apply.
Best way is to conduct a strain sweep in DMA or Rheometer. You may use strain limit upto elastic limit which is shown by constant storage modulus. The advantage is that all the dynamic properties will remain same for both force controlled or strain controlled experiments when you choose the strain value below elastic limit.